Episode 45 - Forbidden Planet - Sexy Shakespeare Summer Series #5

Episode 45 - Forbidden Planet - Sexy Shakespeare Summer Series #5

"Forbidden Planet" starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen and Robby the Robot. Nielsen stars as the captain of a rescue mission to a mysterious planet in this sci-fi film inspired by Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Costumes: Walter Plunkett & Helen Rose
Studio: MGM
Year: 1956

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Episode 44 - Romeo and Juliet - Sexy Shakespeare Summer Series #4

Episode 44 - Romeo and Juliet - Sexy Shakespeare Summer Series #4

"Romeo and Juliet" starring Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Basil Rathbone and Reginald Denny. Shearer and Howard play the titular characters from Shakespeare's immortal tale of love between two warring families.
Director: George Cukor
Costumes: Adrian and Oliver Messel
Studio: MGM
Year: 1936

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Episode 43 - West Side Story - Sexy Shakespeare Summer Series #3

Episode 43 - West Side Story - Sexy Shakespeare Summer Series #3

"West Side Story" starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno and George Chakiris. Wood and Beymer play lovers from rival street gangs in this remake of Romeo and Juliette. Dance fighting, star crossed lovers and a couple murders make for a classic musical.
Director: Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise
Costumes: Irene Sharaff
Studio: United Artists
Year: 1961

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Episode 42 - Taming of the Shrew - Sexy Shakespeare Summer Series #2

Episode 42 - Taming of the Shrew - Sexy Shakespeare Summer Series #2

"Taming of the Shrew" starring Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. Fairbanks and Pickford star in an adaptation of the William Shakespeare play about a gold digging man who tries to marry a woman with anger management issues.
Director: Sam Taylor
Costumes: Mitchell Leisen
Studio: United Artists
Year: 1929

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Episode 41 - Kiss Me Kate - Sexy Shakespeare Summer Series #1

Episode 41 - Kiss Me Kate - Sexy Shakespeare Summer Series #1

"Kiss Me Kate" starring Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ann Miller, Tommy Rall and Bob Fosse. Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson star as warring exes in a musical production of "Taming of the Shrew."
Director: George Sydney
Costumes: Walter Plunkett
Studio: MGM
Year: 1953

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