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"Singin' in the Rain" is a song with lyrics by Arthur Freed and music by Nacio Herb Brown, published in 1929. It was a hit at the time and recorded by a number of artists, notably Cliff Edwards, who also performed the number in the early musical sound film The Hollywood Revue of 1929. It was also performed on film by Jimmy Durante and Judy Garland. The song was the centerpiece of a 1952 film of the same name which forms the basis for the remainder of this article, and was used in the soundtrack of a subsequent film, A Clockwork Orange, in 1971.

Singin' in the Rain, a 1952 Gene Kelly musical film, chronicled Hollywood's transition from silent films to " talkies".

For a "musical", the movie has an extraordinarily intelligent plot, which greatly contributes to the work being systematically classified as the best musical comedy ever. Themes of certains arts being inferior to others, or the immortal if you seen one of them, you've seen them all (which is what Rossini also said about his operas) are today as vivid as ever.

Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.

Kelly plays Don Lockwood, who frequently stars with Lina Lamont ( Jean Hagen ), who has a grating voice and thinks their screen romance is real. At the urging of Lockwood and his partner Cosmo Brown ( Donald O'Connor), the studio turns their current film The Dueling Cavalier into a musical and overdubs Lamont's voice; meanwhile Lockwood falls in love with the overdub artistA voice actor (or voice artist is a person who provides voices for computer and video games, puppet shows, amusement rides, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, stop motion, and animation works (including cartoons, animated feature films, animated ( Debbie ReynoldsDebbie Reynolds (born April 1, 1932) is an American actress and singer. She was born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas, the second child of Raymond Francis Reynolds ( 1903- 1986) and Maxine N. Harman ( 1913- 1999). Her family moved to Burbank, Calif) and Lamont does everything possible to sabotage the romance.

The film features a rendition of the 1929 Freed & Brown song, along with other popular tunes from the late 1920sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Events and trends Technology John Logie Baird invents the first working t and the 1930sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Link Trainer invented Sc. The dance routine in which Gene Kelly sings the title song while twirling an umbrella, splashing through puddles and generally getting soaked to the skin, is probably the most famous of all movie musical sequences. It has of course been parodied several times, notably by Morecambe and WiseMorecambe and Wise were a famous British comic double act comprising Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. The act lasted four decades until Morecambe's death in 1984. In the later and stunningly successful part of their career, which spanned the 1970s, they wer and Paddington BearPaddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He appears in 11 books by Michael Bond. Paddington is an anthropomorphised bear, and in the illustrations resembles a teddy bear rather than a real bear. He wears a duffle-coat and welling.

Original music and lyrics were written by Comden and GreenComden and Green was the writing duo of Betty Comden and Adolph Green. They wrote lyrics and books for musical stage plays, and lyrics and screenplays for movies. They worked with several musical collaborators, including Jule Styne and Leonard Bernstein..

Shooting began on June 18, 1951 and was completed on November 21, 1951.

The film was directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. Kelly was also responsible for the Choreography. Jean Hagen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

The audio commentary on the movie's "Special Edition" DVD includes a claim that the original negative was destroyed in a fire. In spite of this, the movie has been digitally restored to an impressive standard of picture and sound quality.

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