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Singin' in the Rain (1952)
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Release Date:
11 April 1952 (USA)
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Tagline:
Singin' Swingin' Glorious Feelin' Technicolor Musical more
Plot:
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 3 wins
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7 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(33 articles)
Debt-ridden MGM could be sold
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 November 2009, 4:52 AM, PST)
Halfway House: Oh Suzanne-ah
(From FilmExperience. 3 November 2009, 9:00 AM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 November 2009, 4:52 AM, PST)
Halfway House: Oh Suzanne-ah
(From FilmExperience. 3 November 2009, 9:00 AM, PST)
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The talkies
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Gene Kelly | ... | Don Lockwood |
 | Donald O'Connor | ... | Cosmo Brown |
 | Debbie Reynolds | ... | Kathy Selden |
 | Jean Hagen | ... | Lina Lamont |
| Millard Mitchell | ... | R.F. Simpson |
 | Cyd Charisse | ... | Dancer |
| Douglas Fowley | ... | Roscoe Dexter |
 | Rita Moreno | ... | Zelda Zanders |
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Runtime:
103 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor) |
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
USA:Approved (certificate #15511) (original rating) |
USA:TV-G (TV rating) |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
Iceland:L |
Germany:12 |
South Korea:All |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Finland:S |
Netherlands:AL |
Portugal:M/6 |
Spain:T |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:U |
USA:G (new rating) (1975) |
West Germany:12
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The film's network television premiere, scheduled for 23 November 1963 on NBC, had to be postponed by two weeks due to the assassination of President Kennedy and its aftermath.
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: At the end when Kathy will sing "Singin' in the Rain" for Lena, Lena is asked "What key should the song be played in." She says "A-flat". The band leader says, "Singin' in the Rain in A-flat", and then proceeds to conduct the song in E-flat.
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Dora Bailey: [broadcasting on radio] This is Dora Bailey, ladies and gentlemen, talking to you from the front of the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. What a night, ladies and gentlemen, what a night! Every star in Hollywood's heaven is here to make Monumental Pictures' premiere of "The Royal Rascal" the outstanding event of 1927! Everyone is breathlessly awaiting the arrival of Lina Lamont and Don Lockwood!
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Dora Bailey: [broadcasting on radio] This is Dora Bailey, ladies and gentlemen, talking to you from the front of the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. What a night, ladies and gentlemen, what a night! Every star in Hollywood's heaven is here to make Monumental Pictures' premiere of "The Royal Rascal" the outstanding event of 1927! Everyone is breathlessly awaiting the arrival of Lina Lamont and Don Lockwood!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "ReBoot: Talent Night (#1.11)" (1995)
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Soundtrack:
Singin in the Rain (in A-Flat)
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A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERSHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
Did Jean Hagen dub herself?
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The transition from the silent film era to the newly arrived technique of the 'talkies' proved to be the ruin for many well established stars that were great on the screen, but who had no professional training in the theater, or otherwise, and had horrible speaking voices. Thus, a star of the magnitude of Lina Lamont, suffers a hard blow to her career and ego.
That's the basis of one of the best movies about old Hollywood of all times: "Singin' in the Rain". The film is one of the classics it is because of the marvelous direction of Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, two men who knew a lot about musicals. The screen play is by one of the best people in the business, Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
MGM was the studio that employed all the stars one sees in the film, and what a cast they put together: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Cyd Charisse in a dancing part, Millard Mitchell and Rita Moreno. As if those names weren't big enough, there is the fantastic musical numbers that even, viewing them today, have kept their freshness because of the care in which this film was crafted.
"Singin' in the Rain" is one of the best musicals of all times. It's right up there with the best of them thanks to the vision of Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen and it will live forever as more people discover this wonderful example of entertainment.