---
title: 'The Taming of the Shrew (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sam Taylor'
released: '1929-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 63
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-taming-of-the-shrew-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020479/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Taming of the Shrew (1929)

1929 · 63 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Taming of the Shrew is a 1929 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Sam Taylor and starring Mary Pickford and her husband Douglas Fairbanks. It was the first sound film adaptation of the Shakespearean play of the same name. The film was adapted by Taylor from William Shakespeare's play.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Mary Pickford](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-pickford)
- **Director:** [Sam Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-taylor), [H. Bruce Humberstone](https://cinepixo.com/people/h-bruce-humberstone)
- **Screenplay:** [Sam Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-taylor)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hugo Riesenfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-riesenfeld)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Struss](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-struss)

## Cast

- [Clyde Cook](https://cinepixo.com/people/clyde-cook)
- [Douglas Fairbanks](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-fairbanks) as Petruchio
- [Mary Pickford](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-pickford)
- [Dorothy Jordan](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-jordan)
- [Joseph Cawthorn](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-cawthorn)
- [Edwin Maxwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwin-maxwell)

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