Get us in your inbox

Singin' in the Rain

  • Film
Singin' in the Rain
Advertising

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.
Written by SG

Release Details

  • Rated:U
  • Duration:102 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
  • Screenwriter:Adolph Green, Betty Comden
  • Cast:
    • Jean Hagen
    • Gene Kelly
    • Douglas Fowley
    • Millard Mitchell
    • Cyd Charisse
    • Debbie Reynolds
    • Donald O'Connor
Advertising
You may also like
You may also like