Singin' in the Rain (U)
Time Out says
Is there a film clip more often shown than the title number of this most astoundingly popular musical? The rest of the movie is great too. It shouldn't be. There never was a masterpiece created from such a mishmash of elements: Arthur Freed's favourites among his own songs from back in the '20s and '30s, along with a new number, 'Make 'Em Laugh', which is a straight rip-off from Cole Porter's 'Be A Clown'; the barely blooded Debbie Reynolds pitched into the deep end with tyrannical perfectionist Kelly; choreography very nearly improvised because of pressures of time; and Kelly filming his greatest number with a heavy cold. Somehow it all comes together. The 'Broadway Melody' ballet is Kelly's least pretentious, Jean Hagen and Donald O'Connor are very funny, and the Comden/Green script is a loving-care job. If you've never seen it and don't, you're bonkers.Author: SG
Release details
Rated:
U
UK release:
1952
Duration:
102 mins
Cast and crew
Cast:
Jean Hagen, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Cyd Charisse, Millard Mitchell, Douglas Fowley, Gene Kelly
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Screenwriter:
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Songs:
Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown
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