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Singin' in the Rain
Gloriously exuberant and abidingly popular musical from the 1950s heyday. Stanley Donen's film sets the Gene Kelly/Debbie Reynolds romance against the fascinating backdrop of the coming of sound in movies
This gentle Hollywood satire remains the most exuberantly enjoyable of all musicals. Indeed, 'Singin' in the Rain' is the most well-known of the musical songs, hummed and quoted repeatedly in the decades following the film's 1952 release.
Kelly plays silent movie star Don Lockwood, partner to the shallow, bitchy Lina Lamont (Hagen). When Warners have a smash with The Jazz Singer in 1927, the days of the silent movie become numbered. For the studio, Lockwood's stardom is certain, but Lamont's future is looking uncertain due to her shrill voice, which ...
Best musical ever
This movie never fails to cheer me up - perfect for rainy afternoons with a cup of tea and a pack of biscuits!
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