Awww, just Kiss Me!

 The original Broadway production of 1948 featured

Patricia Morrison, Alfred Drake, Lisa Kirk and Harold Lang.

 Alfred and Patricia and hair...in their roles

as Petruchio and Katharine.

(The hair played itself.)

 

 Harold Lang as Bill Calhoun.

Professionally trained as a ballet dancer,

Harold switched to theatre dance, and later appeared

in Pal Joey (1951), and several other Broadway and touring shows.

He worked in television in the 1950s, but never entered

the world of movies.

 Lisa Kirk as Bianca

and her "Tom, Dick and Harry"....

Charles Wood, Edwin Clay, and Harold.

 In the 1953 movie,

(which was filmed in 3-D!)

Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel 

played the leads...

 This time around, Tommy Rall played ne'er do well Bill/Lucentio...

and of course Ann Miller was Lois Lane/Bianca...

Like Harold Lang, Tommy was also a ballet dancer,

and used his dancing/singing/acting talents 

in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and My Sister Eileen

just to name two.

Later in life, he sang in operas!

(Ann Miller danced pretty well, too.)

 The movie's version of Bianca's suitors:

Bobby Van, Tommy Rall, and Bob Fosse.

 The fabulous Bob Fosse choreographed section

of "From This Moment On"...with Carol Haney. 

This 2 minute piece (or was it even shorter than that?)

marked a turning point in Bob's career,

from "mere" dancer to creator.

 

Below, the movie theatre poster...

featuring (top left) the gangsters,

played by James Whitmore and Keenan Wynn.

Cole's most successful musical...

and winner of the very first Tony

for Best Musical.

Maybe they invented it just for him!