Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 American musical comedy film directed by and starring Gene Kelly alongside co-director Stanley Donen, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Set during Hollywood's transition from silent films to synchronized-sound talkies in the late 1920s, the film follows a silent-film star navigating the industry's technical upheaval, using that history as the basis for its comedy and musical numbers. Though treated at the time of release as a routine MGM production, it has since come to be widely regarded as one of the greatest musical films ever made, ranked first on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest movie musicals, and was among the first films selected for the National Film Registry in 1989.
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Where did the story and songs of Singin' in the Rain come from?
The film was built around the back catalog of songs by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown.
Arthur Freed conceived the idea of the film based on the back catalogs of songs written by himself and Nacio Herb Brown. Because many of those songs had been written during the transition from silent films to talkies, writers Betty Comden and Adolph Green decided that was when the story should be set.
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Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 American musical comedy film directed by and starring Gene Kelly alongside co-director Stanley Donen, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Singin' in the Rain (Wikipedia)
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Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds, with Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Douglas Fowley, Rita Moreno and Cyd Charisse in supporting roles.
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Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds, with Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Douglas Fowley, Rita Moreno and Cyd Charisse in supporting roles.
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Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds, with Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Douglas Fowley, Rita Moreno and Cyd Charisse in supporting roles.
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Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds, with Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Douglas Fowley, Rita Moreno and Cyd Charisse in supporting roles.
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