Singin' in the Rain, 1952
Singin' in the Rain(Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952)
Hailed by critics as the greatest of all Hollywood musicals, Singin' in the Rain is perhaps best remembered for the image of Gene Kelly “dressed in a yellow slicker, hanging from a lamp-post and swinging his umbrella in the wild joy of new love...Maybe because the movie was made quickly and with a certain freedom, it has a wonderfully free and improvisational feeling. We know that sequences like Donald O'Connor's neck-breaking ‘Make 'Em Laugh’ number had to be painstakingly rehearsed, but it feels like it was made up on the spot…Debbie Reynolds was still a teenager when she starred in the movie, and there is a light in her eyes to mirror the delight of her character, who is discovered leaping out of a cake at a party, and soon becomes the offscreen voice of Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen), a silent star whose voice is not suited to talkies, to say the least. The movie’s climax, as Reynolds flees from a theater while Kelly shouts out ‘Stop that girl!’ and tells everyone who she is, and that he loves her, is one of those bravura romantic scenes that make you tingle no matter how often you see it.” – Roger Ebert
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Runtime: 102
Directors: Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen |
Singin' in the Rain, 1952
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Singin' in the Rain(Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952)
Hailed by critics as the greatest of all Hollywood musicals, Singin' in the Rain is perhaps best remembered for the image of Gene Kelly “dressed in a yellow slicker, hanging from a lamp-post and swinging his umbrella in the wild joy of new love...Maybe because the movie was made quickly and with a certain freedom, it has a wonderfully free and improvisational feeling. We know that sequences like Donald O'Connor's neck-breaking ‘Make 'Em Laugh’ number had to be painstakingly rehearsed, but it feels like it was made up on the spot…Debbie Reynolds was still a teenager when she starred in the movie, and there is a light in her eyes to mirror the delight of her character, who is discovered leaping out of a cake at a party, and soon becomes the offscreen voice of Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen), a silent star whose voice is not suited to talkies, to say the least. The movie’s climax, as Reynolds flees from a theater while Kelly shouts out ‘Stop that girl!’ and tells everyone who she is, and that he loves her, is one of those bravura romantic scenes that make you tingle no matter how often you see it.” – Roger Ebert