
Geronimo1967
Boy but theres some fun chemistry on offer here as the original cinema golden couple take on one of Shakespeares best romantic comedy plays and use their new found voices to make it count. Mary Pickford is the shrew, Douglas Fairbanks her suitor Petruchio. Now make no mistake, this isnt a love match, its more a sort of trade off so Hortensio (Geoffrey Wardwell) can fulfil his entirely reciprocated affections for Bianca (Dorothy Jordan). She cant marry til her elder sister is, and - well thats where Petruchio comes in. Its fair to say that Katherine isnt remotely interested in her would-be beau, her fathers wishes nor her sisters happiness - but that seems to simply energise her newly emerging gadfly so with, as was the status a woman back t...