Kiss Me Kate 70th Anniversary Highlighting The Late '50s

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Kiss Me Kate 70th Anniversary Highlighting The Late '50s

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In our celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Broadway opening of Kiss Me, Kate [1948-2018] we now present publicity photos from the later years of the 1950s. By this time in the history of Kiss Me, Kate the play is now being licensed for local presentations such as colleges, high schools and community theatre. I think that the fact that in 1953 the producers relied heavily on the spanking scene to publicize the screen version of the musical made using the spanking a popular image to capture in local newspapers.

April 18, 1958 - what a lovely view -
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March 27, 1957 Honolulu, HA
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July 9, 1958 Kansas City, MO Julius La Rosa is possibly best known for being abruptly fired on-air by Author Godfrey during a salary dispute.
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Re: Kiss Me Kate 70th Anniversary Highlighting The Late '50s

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Rochester, NY May 14, 1956
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Reno, NV March 22, 1957
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Gastonia, NC March 8, 1958
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Re: Kiss Me Kate 70th Anniversary Highlighting The Late '50s

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Kiss Me, Kate May 10, 1956 San Bernardino, CA
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Since I can include up to three images to a post I'll throw in a couple of Taming Of The Shrew photos.
July 17, 1954 Newark, OH
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May 25, 1941 Bloomington, IL
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Re: Kiss Me Kate 70th Anniversary Highlighting The Late '50s

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More excellent photos, Phil! Once again we see the great interest a spanking scene arouses in ordinary, "vanilla" people. :lol:
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