Singin' in the Rain Movie Review 1952

One of the all-time great movie musicals--an affectionate spoof of the turmoil that afflicted the motion picture industry in the late 1920s during the changeover from silent films to sound. Don Lockwood (Kelly) and Lina Lamont (Hagen) are a popular romantic silent screen team when sound comes along. To continue, temperatmental Lina must have her terrible voice dubbed by aspiring actress Kathy Selden (Reynolds), whom Don falls for. O'Connor's an acrobatic marvel as Don's best pal, Cosmo Brown, and of course there's Kelly's classic much-copied title dance. Later a Broadway musical.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 103 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Comedy, Dance Fever, MGM Musicals, Showbiz Musicals, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Adolph Green, Betty Comden

Cast

Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Jean Hagen, Debbie Reynolds, Rita Moreno, King Donovan, Millard Mitchell, Cyd Charisse, Douglas Fowley, Madge Blake, Joi Lansing

Cinematography

Harold Rosson

Director

Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen

Music

Nacio Herb Brown, Lennie Hayton

Producer

MGM

Awards

AFI 1998: Top 100; Golden Globes 1953: Actor--Mus./Comedy (O'Connor), Natl. Film Reg. 1989.