Editing Kathryn Grayson (section)

===1950s===
[[File:Kathryn Grayson and Mario Lanza in Toast of New Orleans trailer.jpg|left|thumb|with [[Mario Lanza]] in ''[[The Toast of New Orleans]]'']]
In 1950, Grayson was once again partnered with Lanza, and portrayed an opera singer in ''[[The Toast of New Orleans]]'', and performed the Academy-Award-nominated song "[[Be My Love]]". While shooting the ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' scene in the film, Lanza kept attempting to [[french kiss]] Grayson, which Grayson claimed was made even worse by the fact that Lanza would constantly eat garlic before shooting. Grayson went to costume designer [[Helen Rose]], who sewed pieces of brass into Grayson's gloves. Any time Lanza attempted to french kiss her after that, she hit him with the brass-filled glove.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lights, Cameras, Embrace! The Hollywood Love Scene|first=Peter H.|last=Brown|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=December 23, 1979}}</ref>

For the premiere of the film in [[New Orleans]], she was a guest at an auction selling the film's costumes.<ref>{{cite news|title='Sadie Smith' Will Be Betty Hutton Subject|author=Hedda Hopper|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=September 18, 1950}}</ref>
[[File:Kathryn Grayson in Show Boat trailer.jpg|thumb|Grayson as Magnolia Hawkes.]]
Grayson replaced [[June Allyson]] in the role of Ina Massine in 1951's ''[[Grounds for Marriage]]''.{{sfn|Davis|2001|p=140}} She portrayed an opera singer with [[laryngitis]], alongside [[Van Johnson]] who played her doctor and love interest. This was also her first non-singing role at MGM. Grayson's musical performances do appear in the film, but in the form of recordings.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

Grayson was next cast as Magnolia Hawks in the [[Show Boat (1951 film)|1951 remake]] of the 1927 [[Oscar Hammerstein II|Hammerstein]] and [[Jerome Kern|Kern]] musical, ''[[Show Boat]]''. ''Show Boat'' was the third-highest-grossing film of 1951, earning over $5.533 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1951.shtml |title=Box Office Report for 1951|publisher=Boxofficereport.com|access-date=2010-07-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107101817/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1951.shtml|archive-date=2011-01-07}}</ref>

Grayson teamed again with Keel in the 1952 [[Technicolor]] musical ''[[Lovely to Look At]]'', a remake of the 1935 [[Fred Astaire|Astaire]] and [[Ginger Rogers|Rogers]] film ''[[Roberta (1935 film)|Roberta]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vocal Team Will Repeat|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=May 13, 1951}}</ref>

She was released to the Warner Brothers studio in January 1953, with the stipulation that she return to MGM for one more film. She returned to co-star for a third time with Howard Keel in her most acclaimed role, as Lilli Vanessi/Katharina in ''[[Kiss Me Kate (film)|Kiss Me Kate]]'', released in November 1953. The film was lavishly produced (the only musical other than ''[[Those Redheads from Seattle]] (1953)'' to be filmed in 3-D), with songs by [[Cole Porter]], choreography by [[Hermes Pan (choreographer)|Hermes Pan]], and musical direction by [[André Previn]].{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}