Singing in the rain
1952 USA Color 103 Minutes
Review
What a wonderful feeling, I'm happy again
Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) are the golden couple of the silent era. They are adored by the movie-going public and touted by the gossip columnists as a hot-and-heavy young couple. Lockwood attends the premiere of his latest film “The Royal Rascal”. Fleeing his adoring fans after the screening, he lands in the front seat of Kathy Selden's (Debbie Reynolds) car and is promptly smitten.
A revolution in filmmaking, the talkie, threatens to undermine their success. So the studio is forced to halt its next production, when it becomes obvious that it'll have to be wired for sound. But the sound era won't be kind to Lina's high pitched, screechy voice. With the help of Don's musician friend Cosmo Brown (Donald O'Connor) to add some songs to the latest production, and with Kathy dubbing Lina's voice, the franchise might be saved.
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
Links and more
Diction lesson
Dumb or something
Gene Kelly sings
Original song (1929)
What’s the big idea
