Singin' In The Rain (1952) FULL MOVIE REACTION
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My mother had such a crush on one of the lead actors here, Gene Kelly, that she tried to name me after her favorite character he played in The Three Muskateers. I was very close to being named D'Artagnan. Gene Kelly is renowned for his dancing talent including tap dancing. You were once impressed with dancing in high heels. Gene Kelly did a tap dancing number in roller skates. Little thing here: the woman announcing the movie and shown later as well, Dora Bailey, is played by Madge Blake. She played Aunt Harriet in the 1966 Batman series. Yes, falling down, tripping, getting hit with boards was BIG comedy in that age. From Charlie Chaplin to Buster Keaton, The Three Stooges to Jerry Lewis. Slap Stick comedy was a staple of movies, TV and Broadway. People would be laughing till they cried. It was considered cheap comedy but in fact took the most skill and training to do. In fact it was incredibly dangerous. Comedians of this type of humour not only were injured on a regular basis but some even died. The woman that was the romantic interest of Gene Kelley’s character is Debbie Renolds. Her daughter became an actress as well, her name was Carrie Fisher. The sound getting out of sync at theaters was a frequent occurrence. When they first came out, they didn’t have the sound recorded on the film, the technology for that hadn’t been invented yet. The sound would be recorded on a vinyl record that would get sent along with the film. The theater had to start the record at the exact right moment as the film started so that the film and sound would be in sync. If there was a glitch, like shown here, the rest of movie would be out of sync until the projectionist could fix, which was difficult to do in the middle of a movie. Gene Kelly was sick while filming the Singing in the Rain song. He had to do retake after retake with all that cold water pouring down on him and dancing, all while running a fever of 103 degrees. Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds) is seen dubbing the dialogue for Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) because Lina's voice is shrill and screechy. However, it's not Reynolds who is speaking, it's Jean Hagen herself, who actually had a beautiful deep, rich voice. So you have Jean Hagen dubbing Debbie Reynolds dubbing Jean Hagen. The Make Em Laugh number was so difficult the actor Donald O’Connor legs were covered in bruises and abrasions (the floor he was falling on was concrete). He needed 3 days of bed rest to recover. Only to find out they messed up the camera settings and he had to do it again. There’s nothing wrong with not liking the movie. I don’t think it’s a millennial thing. I think its just some movies don’t work for some people. There are movies many people say is the best that I hated. What we enjoy is subjective. But you tried, so good for you. As for some musical numbers seeming to be all over the place. That may be because when this was made, they first wrote the musical numbers then asked the writers to write a story that would use these. So not surprising some seems out of nowhere.
Patrick - Excelsior
2023-12-24 23:44:25 +0000 UTCThe actress playing Kathy (Debbie Reynolds) is Carrie Fisher's (Princess Leia) mother.
David Brown
2023-12-24 21:49:05 +0000 UTC
