SINGIN IN THE RAIN | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

[@JedHead77]

Fun Fact: Debbie Reynolds was just 19 when she did this film - the same age her daughter Carrie Fisher was when she did Star Wars!

[@tylerhackner9731]

The talent passes down

[@leighwhite6700]

Thank you. I was going to write the same. Fabulous family talent. Being 19 too! Wow!!

[@gaynor1721]

Debbie Reynolds was 18 when she made SitR. The film came out when she was 19. Carrie Fisher was 19 when she made _Star Wars_ and 20 when the film was released.

[@SusanSloate]

@@leighwhite6700 And the sorrow. When Carrie died suddenly in 2016, her mother died the next day--she was overcome with grief. So her son Todd arranged not one funeral but two--and lost both his closest family members at a single 24-hour period.

[@mervinmerencio6861]

That’s right, Debbie Reynolds is Carrie Fisher’s mother, or better yet Princess Leia‘s mother, lol

[@janedoe5229]

You said, "Kathy was darling. What else was she in?" News flash: she became a HUGE star, and was in movies the rest of her life. She is Carrie Fisher's mother.

[@elessartelcontar9415]

I loved her in the '60s Tammy beach movies!

[@jamesedwards2483]

If You Want To See Another Classic Debbie Reynolds Film, I'd Recommend THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN!!

[@etherealtb6021]

I love Debbie's resurgence later I'm life in Mother and In and Out!

[@cjinasia9266]

@@elessartelcontar9415 She only did the first one. Sandra Dee replaced her.

[@TeflonDave]

@@jamesedwards2483 +1 for Molly Brown. Cassie and Carly would LOVE it!

[@davidneel8327]

Jean Hagen, the blonde with the screechy voice, actually had a very good voice.

[@cjinasia9266]

She sang the title song, not Debbie Reynolds. Hagen also won an Oscar for her performance.

[@springerjkreb]

The bit of the movie shown in the theater at the end was Hagen's actual voice.

[@danshaggy292]

@@cjinasia9266 Nominated, didn't win

[@crush41gb]

I remember her as the woman speeder on Andy Griffith and today Feb. 2 is that anniversary of Gene Kelly's passing in 96. Also the similarities of this and the second Downton Abbey movie are uncanny ;).

[@nac5901]

In fact, when Kathy is dubbing Lina's speaking voice in the movie, it's actually Jean Hagen's real voice.

[@ChrisWake]

Quintessential example of "movie magic". This is a 10/10 picture. The acting, the singing, and of course, the dancing. Timeless.

[@anonygent]

You left out the humor, which takes it from a middling 7 to a perfect 10.

[@theharshtruth1893]

Don't deprive yourself of "my fair lady" you will LOVE it

[@coyotefever105]

My late grandma’s favorite

[@vermithax]

Yeah, wow. If she hasn't seen that one she really needs to.

[@theharshtruth1893]

One of Audry Hepburns best no denying that and Cassie loved Roman Holiday

[@francoisevassy6614]

A great movie you ought to watch !

[@cgbleak]

Like "Singin' In the Rain," "My Fair Lady" is a musical for people who don't like musicals. But No. 1 on that list would have to be "Cabaret." If you ever wondered why Liza Minelli was considered a big star, "Cabaret" will answer that for you. Plus, Joel Grey is sublime. Ahem, where was I? "My Fair Lady": so many great tunes!

[@TheRandwickboy]

Donald O'Connor steals the show with the iconic Make the Laugh one of the greatest scenes in classic Hollywood

[@PhilBagels]

The whole number is one long take. And he had to shoot it twice. Something technical went wrong the first time, and the film was ruined, so he had to do the whole thing over again.

[@Avery_4272]

"Make 'em Laugh." And I agree, his performance of it is wonderful & classic!

[@TheRandwickboy]

@@PhilBagels i think he went to hospital after the take and had to recover

[@TheRandwickboy]

@@Avery_4272 it is so amazing

[@drhkleinert8241]

Fact: This song is based on the song "Be A Clown" from the Movie The Pirate, sung by Gene Kelly and Judy Garland. But of course O'Connor is just unique.

[@mikerobertson4041]

Debbie Reynolds was only 18 when they filmed this movie. She said that by the end of shooting the Good Morning number that her feet were bleeding. And what can you say about Cyd Charisse!!! She had to smoke a cigarette during her number, but she had never smoked in her life. So they took a few hours for her to learn to smoke. She did the number, and she said she never smoked again. What an elegant, and lovely lady Cyd was!

[@THOMMGB]

A very smart lady not to ever smoke again.

[@garyballard179]

Some people never pick up the habit, even when they try. My mom told me about her college days. She tried smoking so she could fit in, because everybody was. She kept at it for a whole month before she gave up - she just couldn't get hooked on nicotine.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

She was 19 when they filmed it. The same age as her daughter, Carrie Fisher, was when they filmed, STAR WARS.

[@trekkiejunk]

19, actually.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@trekkiejunk I already corrected him.

[@SkulShurtugalTCG]

Your face when Lena first started speaking is PRICELESS--and I'm sure it's the exact same face millions of us first made the first time we heard her speak, too.

[@denroy3]

Jean Hagen didn't really sound like that...she was great.

[@battlesat6]

The Singing in the Rain part might be the greatest thing ever put on film. It’s just perfect.

[@joelwillems4081]

So perfect that Kelly once refused to repeat it on t.v. He said if he couldn't get it right again, his fans would never forget it.

[@herbie1234567890]

And Kelly did that number while sick with a pretty high fever, from what I’ve long read/heard. He really pulled it off.

[@lopa-u9f]

a movie about delusionality and projection these two know NOTHING about each other - their romance is as fake as the rain

[@elessartelcontar9415]

Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) and her mom, Debbie Reynolds, died 1 day apart, Carrie on Dec 27, 2016 and Debbie on Dec 28, 2016. Carrie had a heart attack 4 days earlier on an airplane and per her brother, Debbie died from heartbreak a day after Carrie. At least they had 1 last Christmas together. Debbie loved Christmas so much that she kept her Christmas tree up year round. RIP two great ladies.

[@Jessica_Roth]

There was an excellent HBO documentary called "Bright Lights" about their relationship. It had to be held back when the ladies passed away, but I saw it in 2017. Definitely worth a watch.

[@douglondoner7360]

but you didn't tell her where she might know them from, but still cool stats

[@rogerlie4176]

And George Michael died on Dec 25 2016. Some really sad days.

[@DamnQuilty]

I adore this movie.

[@DamnQuilty]

I can't overstate how much I love Cosmo.

[@vincentsaia6545]

Gene Kelly asked Donald O'Connor to do the somersault off the wall because he had seen O'Connor do that in a dance number years before. But O'Conner hadn't done it in years and was a heavy smoker, so when he did it for the movie he said it nearly killed him!

[@elessartelcontar9415]

I had written a long comment about this. I was captivated by how he could rush a wall while dancing, dance nearly to the ceiling up a vertical wall, flip and never miss a step dancing.

[@richardnanian2446]

It’s one of my favorite dance routines ever, and Donald O’Connor is amazing, but if you look closely, you’ll see they used a bit of movie magic there. On both backflips, the surface isn’t quite vertical. First he uses the board (which is made to look as if it’s just leaning there, but if course was firmly anchored). Then, when he uses the back wall, the perspective and the picture on it make it look vertical, but again it’s slightly leaning to make it function more like a ramp. Still an absolutely stellar routine, and it’s hard to believe O’Connor smoked four or five packs of cigarettes per day back then. But if dancers were to try that on a truly vertical wall, they’d probably injure themselves badly.

[@scottsumner2998]

Singing in the rain. Great musical. West Side Story, another great musical, but my all time favorite musical is, “Paint your Wagon” Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin singing, not great, but that movie is hilarious.

[@chrisedwards7095]

The dancer in the Broadway Melody sequence was Cyd Charisse, who was also in Brigadoon with Gene Kelly and The Band Wagon with Fred Astaire. Also Zelda was Rita Moreno, who was in the movie 80 For Brady last year. She's 92.

[@springerjkreb]

I know Rita best as Anita in West Side Story, which is ALSO highly recommended

[@thomasbradley4505]

Brigadoon is one of my favorite movies. I watch at least every other month.

[@mervinmerencio6861]

And Cyd also did another movie with Gene Kelly called it’s always Fair weather

[@mervinmerencio6861]

@@thomasbradley4505 oh my God Van Johnson is hilarious in that

[@trinaq]

Gene Kelly performed the iconic rain dance when he had an alarmingly high temperature. Talk about dedication to his craft. ☔❤️

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

Not to mention that the water they used for rain was mixed with milk, which caused the suit he wore to shrink.

[@cvonbarron]

I was going to post the same thing. I agree!

[@pete_lind]

Also true story, reason why so many silent movie stars did not do great when talkies come, they did not have voice to do it, either heavy accents or too high pitch voice.

[@cvonbarron]

@@pete_lind That's true and only a handful of them made the transition, Laurel and Hardy being a notable example and of course, the legendary Charlie Chaplin.

[@RobWool]

Thats why my milk jug keeps shrinking over night in the fridge! @@Shah-of-the-Shinebox

[@magnificenthonky]

Every song in this movie, came from another movie. The script writers were basically handed a list of songs from a bunch of different movies, then challenged to write a screen play that included them all. It's funny, just the other day, I casually wondered to my sister, "Wonder if the reactors will ever get to Singin' In The Rain?" I grew up on old musicals. It is not abnormal, for example, for my sisters and I to get into "Moses Supposes" in Walmart. Embarrasses the hell out of my wife, lol. She just doesn't get it 🤣

[@Dudeman23rd]

Moses Supposes is a banger. You've got a good family.

[@magnificenthonky]

@@Dudeman23rd Lol, for the longest time, my wife thought I made that shit up 🤣 Finally, I found a clip on KZbin to show her.

[@ct6852]

I thought musicals were all original songs until Cassie did White Christmas and everyone say it didn't come from the movie. Lol. I know Moulin Rouge did the same...but at least they were remixed versions.

[@rpg7287]

Actually, Moses Supposes is the one song original to this movie.

[@magnificenthonky]

@@rpg7287 🤦🏻‍♂️Doh! Yes, of course, you are correct. That'll learn me to act like I know something, when I'm fighting a flu with high fever 😬🤣

[@charlize1253]

Gene Kelly was a trained experienced dancer, while Debbie Reynolds wasn't, and he admitted later that he was very hard on her during filming and berated her for her mistakes , and was surprised that she still was friendly to him afterwards

[@welcometothemovies9157]

Same with Donald O'Connor. They were friends but wouldn't work together on any movie cause of how Kelly could be The school he learned from they were all about perfection that's why he had that attitude. It's like Jk Simmons in Whiplash But that's why they shot the serenade after the dancing scenes so she'd feel better hearing him sing to her. That's why her eyes were sparkling when she's on the ladder when he sets the mood lighting

[@Jessica_Roth]

There were times that Debbie had bruises all over her legs because Gene worked her so hard. Debbie later said that during one rehearsal, she ran away and hid under a table on another set so Gene couldn't find her. However, she *was* found…by Fred Astaire, who kindly taught her all the steps, no trouble at all. (Of course, Fred wasn't dealing with having *his* film depending on a complete novice learning the steps, but still.)

[@THOMMGB]

@@Jessica_Roth That started out as a terrible story and ended up as a great story. Based on that story, I would think Debbie and Fred would be lifelong friends. I have no idea, of course.

[@lechat8533]

@charlize1253 Gene Kelly was a perfectionist. Perfectionists are hard on others and even harder on themselves. For others, it`s always difficult to work with such people. It must have been a nightmare for Debbie, but Gene and Fred taught her a lot. Her performance was fantastic. Fred Astaire was also a perfectionist but a kinder one. Kelly could be brutal.

[@BenjWarrant]

She said they had so many takes of the _Good mornin'_ number that her feet were bleeding.

[@JohnRandomness105]

I recall something like this statement: before "Star Wars", Carrie Fisher was Debbie Reynolds' daughter. After "Star Wars", Debbie Reynolds was Princess Leia's mother.

[@curtismartin2866]

Oh my goodness! Cassie, you're going to burst with joy! AND, you get to see Princess Leia's mom sing and dance. Hard to believe that you are just now seeing this. Could The Sound of Music be too far behind?

[@francescathomas3502]

Cassie said she grew up watching Sound of Music because that was her mom's favourite movie. She grew up mostly watching comedies and rom coms. This is why she has not seen so many movies from other genres.

[@curtismartin2866]

@@francescathomas3502 i made the comment before i watched the reaction.

[@Wayne-fo9ew]

Singin' In The Rain is one of the 10 greatest American films of all time. How many movies have this kind of life and energy?? CGI be damned!! Kelly, Reynolds and O'Connor are like cartoons come to life. "Make 'Em Laugh" is one of the best big screen musical numbers ever committed to film. Debbie Reynolds at 19 was put through the ringer to get her scenes right but she never let's it show on the screen. What a picture!!

[@Alicatie]

This is my favourite musical. I watch it two or three times a year and never got bored. The Moses Supposes scene is just a joy to watch, Gene and Donald were SO talented.

[@will2000ism]

This is why there was a golden Hollywood period. Large casts, real sets, no CGI and fantastic singing and dancing talent.

[@billbabcock1833]

This was my mom's favorite movie. In the early 2000s there was a movie festival over that summer where a theater showed one classic movie a week for the entire summer. One week was Singing in the Rain. I took my mom to one of the showings. She had the biggest smile on her face all through the movie.

[@Dej24601]

The songs were all from the period- most from the 1920’s and 1930’s. “Singin’ in the Rain” was written in 1929 and has been a standard performed by hundreds of singers, dancers and celebrities over the decades. 😊

[@halcromwell9030]

I think it was written for the Hollywood review of 1929, where was sung by Cliff Edwards AKA Jiminy Cricket.

[@anthonytee6798]

all the songs were written by arthur freed and nacio herb brown back in the 20s except for make em laugh freed went on to become a producer at mgm and produced singin in the rain

[@jameswilkerson4412]

@@halcromwell9030*revue

[@motleykingdom9394]

Could be wrong but I think "Make Them Laugh" was an "original" song for the movie as they re-worked the lyrics of a song called "Be a Clown".

[@Dej24601]

@@motleykingdom9394 Yes! “Written by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown, the song is closely based on Cole Porter's "Be a Clown" from the Freed-produced 1948 MGM musical film The Pirate, in which it was sung by Gene Kelly and Judy Garland.” “Although Cole Porter had reason to bring suit, he never sued for copyright infringement.” “Songwriter and MGM "Freed unit" producer Arthur Freed used his own library of songs written with Nacio Herb Brown as the basis for the musical film Singin' in the Rain.” “Co-director Stanley Donen referenced the Cole Porter song "Be a Clown" from the film The Pirate, and further suggested that Freed and Brown compose a song using this as their inspiration.”

[@dylanwedge3721]

My parents were older so a lot of the movies I grew up on aren’t represented on reaction channels. I always get excited to see more people experience my favorites like Singin in the Rain and It Happened One Night!! Film history is so fun to delve into

[@caldwellkelley3084]

Dylan, Check out Dawn Marie's reaction channel. Scottish Lady who watch a lot of old classics like the Marx Brothers and Billy Wilder movies. I'm the one who's older and I grew up on the old classics. It was great to see Cassie watch this one. Hope her patreons convince her to watch a few others!

[@dylanwedge3721]

@@caldwellkelley3084 thanks so much for the recommendations!

[@libertyresearch-iu4fy]

Movies with Mia is another great KZbin channel for classic movie reactions.

[@patrickseidel8625]

Fun fact: when she came out of the cake and he made fun of her by saying look it's Ethel Barrymore. Ethel Barrymore was Drew Barrymores great aunt.

[@anthonytee6798]

ethel barrymore was known as first lady of the american theater thats the joke

[@patrickseidel8625]

@@anthonytee6798 I know that.

[@duanelavely5481]

As a kid, Donald O'Connor was one of my favorite movie stars NOT for "Singing in the Rain" but for "Francis" (1950). Donald O'Connor plays a WWII Lt. who is sent to a psychiatric ward when he insists that an Army mule named Francis can speak to him. Western star Chill Wills was the voice of Francis. The movie was so popular that there was a total of 7 movies with "Francis the Talking Mule".

[@docsavage8640]

I saw probably ALL of those Francis movies as a kid with my father. Still love them.

[@sherigrow6480]

Yes! I loved the Francis movies

[@gragrn]

I love the Francis the Talking Mule movies!

[@random_eskimo_in_the_rockies]

I loved Donald. He was married twice. The first time he married an abusive woman and after almost a decade they divorced. He married again in 1956, and he and his new wife had 3 children. They were married until his death in 2003. For Hollywood marriage, that was forever.

[@shampoovta]

Yep I was a huge Francis the talking mule fan too. 😊

[@marleybob3157]

This movie simply makes me happy. It has ever since I was a kid. The humor employed here is similar to many of Gene Kelly's movies as well as the Fred and Ginger movies and is something that is missing in modern cinema.

[@mego73]

Donald O Conner had to go to the hospital for exhaustion after filming the Make 'em Laugh sequence.

[@joelwillems4081]

And the cameras weren't set up correct so he had to do it all again.

[@Mascro1977]

And he was a HEAVY smoker

[@LudvikM]

And multiple bruises and what not, I'm guessing. That floor's concrete...

[@ThunderPants13]

When I was a little boy, my mom used to say to me "Moses supposes his toeses are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously." I never knew where she got that until I saw this movie. 😁

[@Cadinho93]

Gene Kelly was a perfectionist. He once guest starred on "The Muppet Show" and Kermit asked him if he would do his famous rain dance. Gene said no because he was afraid he wouldn't be able to repeat his perfect performance from "Singin' in the Rain" and didn't want to ruin the illusion for his fans. Also, that Kathy dubbing for Lena was actually dubbed by a singer named Betty Noyes! I've watched this a hundred times and I still maintain that the "Moses Supposes" scene is one of the most enjoyable dance sequences I've seen.

[@gregsteele806]

Jean Hagen (Lena) actually dubbed her own voice of the speaking parts.

[@ReallyGoodandKind]

😊

[@goldenager59]

Actually, Kelly was gracious enough to just stroll, umbrella in hand, down the Muppets' re-creation of the rainy street. 😉

[@drzarkov39]

Betty Noyes dubbed the singing for Lena, but Jean Hagen (Lena Lamont) actually dubbed Debbie Reynolds dubbing Lena's speaking voice. .

[@daytonapeanut]

Here's a random fact, Betty Noyes also sang Baby Mine from Dumbo!

[@agentsculder2451]

One cool fact is that since this film was made only 30 years after thw switch to sound, there were still crew around who remembered what it was like. The scene where they were having microphone issues was from a story they were told.

[@jnagarya519]

"The Jazz Singer" was a musical, and the first sound movie.

[@ClaudeNolan]

Gene Kelly & Donald O'Connor were arguably two of the best dancers to ever grace the silver screen. And they could sing too.

[@chipsdad5861]

SINGIN' and AMERICAN IN PARIS... Robert Preston's MUSIC MAN and then his most excellent VICTOR VICTORIA, which I'd stack up again the best of comedies.

[@dwl.5193]

Victor Victoria 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@thequarteryearman9305]

The Music Man was the first musical I ever saw as a kid....it was on TV and my Dad loved the music and wanted us kids to see it. There have been better musicals, and so many worse, but The Music Man will always be my favorite.

[@bryanCJC2105]

I love those old movies from the 50s that I would see on TV when I was a little kid sick home from school in the 70s and this is one of my favorites. Donald O'Connor, who played Cosmo in this film, has always been one of my favorites. He has been in many movies and was an excellent dancer, as good as Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire. Cyd Charisse is another favorite of mine. She was the seductive woman in green dress w the gangsters and the long flowing white dress in the Gotta Dance sequence.

[@katwithattitude5062]

Cyd Charisse wore that green dress and did those moves just weeks after giving birth.

[@davidneel8327]

Classic musicals to select from. The Music Man, Paint your Wagon (a singing Clint Eastwood), Oklahoma (with mama Partridge), Bye, Bye Birdie (with Dick van Dyke and Ann Marget)

[@kinokind293]

Carousel, Brigadoon, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. . .

[@springerjkreb]

West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, 1776, Guys and Dolls

[@blueboy4244]

guys and dolls; how to succeed...; south pacific

[@ThomasCorp]

A most delightful film that’s right up your alley, Cassie. If you ever get the chance to, catch a rerelease of this in the theaters as it is marvelous on a big screen. My favorite musical number is Moses Supposes. And man, does it get me to cry every time, the line “Ladies and Gentlemen! Stop that girl! That girl running up the aisle! Stop her! That’s the girl whose voice you heard and loved tonight! She's the real star of the picture! Kathy Selden!” followed by that look that Debbie Reynolds had with the tears in her eyes.

[@billolsen4360]

2:35 The radio journalist at the premier is played by Madge Blake, who was also an atomic energy engineer. 7:50 That's Debbie Reynolds, star of many hit movies and also Princess Leia's (Carrie Fisher's) mom. 28:30 The green dress girl is Cyd Charise, one of the best dancers in Hollywood history. You'll enjoy seeing her and Gene Kelley in "Brigadoon" which was made about the same time as this movie.

[@195511SM]

A fun watch would be...'That's Entertainment'......which is a whole compilation of song & dance numbers from the golden age of musicals.

[@AbrielMcPierce]

I like to believe that all musicals take place in an alternate reality, another universe, where people just know lyrics and dances and can jump straight into them without practice.

[@chipsdad5861]

CHICAGO was a very good musical.

[@davidmckie7128]

There was a film called "The Jazz Singer" and it was probably the first musical film with talking and all the sound synchronised to the lips.

[@snookyookum]

Gene Kelly, one of the two most famous singer, dancers of all time, along with Fred Astaire. A genious, he also choreographed many of the dances in this and other famous musicals. See 'An American in Paris' to see a true masterpiece that includes another love story and incredible dance numbers. Jean Hagen had a short movie career (and a very nice voice) and played on a lot of tv shows afterward. To see her range in another style of acting see The Asphalt Jungle, a film noir about a brilliant jewel heist gone wrong. A true classic. I've watched your videos from day one. ❤

[@drhkleinert8241]

Kelly and Astaire were friends in real life, not opposites or rivals. Everyone had an unique style (Kelly the Athlet and Artistic one, Astaire the flowing, weaving one. Kelly the handsome guy from the neighbourhood (Worker, Sailor) and Astaire the Man from the upper class, with Smoking and Hat, and they were from different ages, Astaire from the 30s, 40s and Kelly from the 50s, 60s.) Love them both.

[@ct6852]

Was Gene Kelly the one that danced with the cartoon mouse? Not sure what it's from but i think it's somewhat famous.

[@davidboivin7996]

I grew up watching musicals due to my mom's love for them. This is one of the more memorable ones. My Fair Lady, South Pacific, Oklahoma, The King And I, The Sound Of Music and this one were among her favorites.

[@rhiahlMT]

I volunteered for the spay/neuter clinics in Montana for a long time. We catered to low income. A lot of people in the towns we would go to would give us a room for the nights we had to be there. Anyway, one time this woman offered her house up, she was out of town and knew one of the women also volunteering. I went in and there was this amazing wall of pictures. I looked at them and thought wait... isn't that Gene Kelly? I asked the woman and she said yeah, he's her grandfather. Amazing photos of family over the years. Another good musical romance from the 50s is "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers".

[@RoninRoan89]

I'll second that recommendation, Seven Brides for Seven brothers is great.

[@purpleslog]

I hate seven brides for seven brothers with a passion. It is terrible.

[@torontomame]

​@purpleslog I wasn't much into the story, but the dancing was incredible!

[@purpleslog]

@@torontomame Fair enough. It was the story line that turned me off. I’m usually ok with the story lines for musicals which can be shallow or overly silly. But a musical based on the Roman founding myth story “The Rape of Sabine Women” was too much for me. I couldn’t get past the story to enjoy the singing and dancing. It also blinded me to your cool story about Gene Kelly’s grand daughter. I only had one brush with a musical star. I’ll save that for if/when Cassie covers one of those movies.

[@rhiahlMT]

@@purpleslog That was my experience with Kelly's granddaughter's house. Just a nod to some other old musicals. We were talking old musicals. The film is an older musical. Yeah, likely based on your reference, but hey, it's entertainment.

[@junegeraci5130]

I would recommend Yankee Doodle Dandy, a 1949 musical starring James Cagney. As a small child I watched it repeatedly. There was a tv station in NY that would show the same picture every day for a week at the same time so Dad sat me in front of it and I watched the clock the rest of the week. Cagney plays George M. Cohan, a Broadway song and dance man. Cohan was also a composer. It wasn’t until the week was over that Dad told me Cagney was also famous for playing gangsters. So I got treated to him being a killer. In that genre I would recommend White Heat. One of the things Dad told me was that in old Hollywood just having one talent wasn’t good enough. They wanted people who could act, AND dance, AND sing.

[@sylvanaire]

The first time I saw this movie was in college when they had a sort of outdoor festival and displayed the movie up on the side of a white building. I smiled all the way through it, and all the way to my dorm till my face hurts from smiling so much! It still makes me smile whenever I watch it; it is a huge mood booster, lol.

[@jimrobinson9979]

This is one of the films that I can always rewatch, they are just so talented at everything! I do think you'd also like My Fair Lady!

[@stephanieashton8835]

I love My Fair Lady! ❤

[@theyoshow]

It Happened One Night is my FAVORITE movie. ❤

[@THOMMGB]

Love that movie too! Did you know it was also done as a radio show? Lux Radio Show. Something like that. Anyway, all the stars from the movie were in the radio version. Do a google search.

[@Shazam961]

The same.

[@bjornh4664]

One of the great comedies and the first to bag all the major five Oscars.

[@THOMMGB]

It Happened One Night was way ahead of its time. One of my favorites too. It’s held up so well.

[@ohb71303]

Almost always forget that Gene’s 3 Musketeers was at the begging of this. Also the fact that in the scene where Cosmo does “make them laugh”, Don (a smoker) had to rerecord it. The first time they filmed it, do to no film in the camera.

[@KoolAidManOG]

Sunset Boulevard is another terrific movie about the impact of the switch from silent films to talkies, an all-time classic!

[@spryttle]

I was just about to suggest the same move for the same reason! Another older, classic movie about the same subject, but definitely not a musical. It's a great movie!

[@kinokind293]

One of the all-time greatest films, but unlike "Singin' In the Rain", as serious as a heart attack.

[@cvonbarron]

Agreed, let's recommend that one for Cassie to watch as well!

[@michaelstach5744]

Also The Artist with Jean Dujardin!

[@AllisonSchmallison]

I'd love to see her watch this one! Top tier film.

[@melvasaiel]

This is one of my favorite musicals. The singing in the rain scene is, of course, perfection. Gene Kelly is so handsome that every time I watch that scene I think "Golly, what a lucky lamp post."

[@amandabaker4678]

There's a mural of the lamp post scene in my hometown, and it makes me smile every time I walk by - it just evokes such joy!

[@ct6852]

He had good arms too. Curious if dancing works the biceps...? That might be a dumb question I don't know.

[@SteveDorsett]

Seeing Cassie discover 50's musicals is awesome.... really enjoyed that x

[@babotond]

"let's see the tik tok dancers do that one" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 since on the topic i would like to add the mary poppins roof scene to the list

[@yvonnesanders4308]

Debbie Reynolds wasn't a dancer and was terrified of the Good mornin ' set piece

[@kcirtapelyk6060]

I’ve never been a big fan of musicals, but I love this movie. It’s one of my all time favorites. I wish there had been a sequel where Cosmo got his time to shine and get the girl at the end.

[@silverlobo2135]

Greetings Cassie Kathy is played by Debbie Reynolds. She was a Tripple Threat actress: singing, acting, dancing. She is also the mother of Carrie Fisher. During the 'Singing in the Rain' scene, Gene was suffering from a high temperature from the flue, but ever the constant overachiever, he struggled to complete it. I read somewhere that it took about 25 to 30 takes to get it just right. You can kind of hear it in his singing voice when he gets on the light pole. Anyways, glad you enjoy it, and you might get around to watching some of the others of this era of Hollywood musicals. Maybe you can get Carly to join for 1 of them. Have a great 1.

[@scottski51]

Came to really SEE this movie late in life. So. Many. Great. Acting jobs... across the board. Just a wonderful cast !!! Truly the benchmark for 50s musicals. And the Dancing !!!!

[@clairemendoza8082]

I can’t wait for you to watch this classic!! The scene where Gene was “dancing and singing in the rain,” lol 😂 has gone down to be the famous dance scene of all time!! He was the greatest dancer that ever live IMO. A true perfectionist. The “good mornin’” number was done over 40 times and Debbie said her feet were bleeding but she loved doing the film. She said Gene co-directed this film and had a lot on his shoulders. Some articles say they didn’t get along but that’s true at all. Donald O’Connor said one time Gene got mad at him and told him to “stop fooling around,” and later Gene went back and apologized to him and said that he was afraid to take his anger out on Debbie because he didn’t want to scare her away. He was frustrated that she wasn’t learning the the steps as quickly as he would have liked. Debbie wasn’t a dancer but they hired her because she had the “look,” they were looking for. Back in those days everything had to be done to perfection and Gene was so hard on himself because he wanted to perform at top 🔝 speed. Donald was also a terrific dancer and he said the number “make em laugh,” was Gene’s request. This trio was amazing. The number that Gene does by himself in the rain said that he had a 104 temperature but said he wanted to do the scene anyways. That’s dedication. ❤️🙏🙏 Just don’t find that nowadays. Love all these old movies like “White Christmas,” etc. Love all the glamour!! Gene also directed Hello Dolly starring Barbara Streisand which is also Ana amazing movie musical! Please also check out Phantom Of The Opera! That’s my favorite musical ever!! Holds the record for the longest running show to hit Broadway. ❤️❤️🥰 Sadly it had to close its doors after the Pandemic 😷 God Bless to you from my mom and I in So. Cal USA 🇺🇸 got lots of rain today and more on the way so this movie was beyond perfect! The “good mornin,” number I did with 2 guys when I was a sophomore in high school. It’s so hard. I didn’t have a hard time with other dancer but tap dancing was a nightmare to learn lol 😂 Enjoy the movie!! A classic for sure!! This film is a palette cleanser for sure! You won’t stop singing. lol 😂 or dancing. Love to all reading this from wherever you are tuning in from! Gene Kelly had the triple threat! Singing, dancing, and acting! Any dance he could do. Tango, tap dance, waltz, you name it! Michael Jackson idolized Gene Kelly and used him as a model for when he started his career! Watching him and Donald do their thing is just wow! 2 perfectionists! Debbie was also a lovely lady back then! RIP 😞😞 Debbie. ❤️🥰 She will be missed.

[@allies5725]

Glad you liked it. “An Affair to Remember” (1957) is another great classic romance movie.

[@janewatkins9801]

Cosmo is my favourite too ☺ ♥. He's played by Donald O'Connor 🌟.

[@sntxrrr]

This is one of those cases where "they don't make 'em like they used to" is true. We just don't have stars like Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire anymore. And I don't even like musicals but this is just a beautiful work of art.

[@wordygirlandco]

❤This is the best rainy day movie and the song is definitely on my rainy day playlist🎶☔🌧 Gene Kelly is a major dance OG.....he was so cute and he can do it all. You should check out Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films 🎥 too. They are so smooth and elegant on the dance floor.

[@paintedjaguar]

Astaire danced with a number of other movie partners and solo too, but Fred + Ginger was just pure magic on the screen.

[@jaclyn1066]

I love the Fred and Ginger movies!!!!

[@troymoore0]

I tell people, this was one of the films I never wanted to see when I was growing up. When I finally watched it, I thought OMG, this was a great film. It wasn't what I expected it to be (by the name). Granted I really enjoyed the historical Hollwood and technical breakthroughs (and problems) they had. But also the Hollywood stories, gossip and dirt it portrayed. Nothing has changed.

[@SwiftFoxProductions]

"What came first the movie or the song?" The song, actually! It was written in the 1920s, when this movie is set! ☺Most of the songs in "Singin' in the Rain" were pre-existing. The vast majority were written by Arthur Freed, who had been producing & writing songs for the studio's movie musicals since the 1920s. (So, the movie is almost a mini-tribute to those early musicals).

[@Dej24601]

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire are considered the greatest male dancers of classic Hollywood. Any film you see with either of them in it, will have the most innovative and technically perfect dance sequences.

[@etherealtb6021]

She should watch Top Hat next! I think she'll love Fred & Ginger!

[@springerjkreb]

Unfortunately, they only ever worked together once, on the segment the Babbitt and the Bromide for the sketch film Ziegfeld Follies.

[@etherealtb6021]

@@springerjkreb That's right! Well, until That's Entertainment!

[@jeffreycody5217]

One of my favorite Astaire movies was the bio pic "Three Little Words" with Vera Ellen.

[@etherealtb6021]

@@jeffreycody5217 Really? That's an odd one that I like too. Lol

[@chunksaflyin]

I think you'd enjoy another Gene Kelly movie, Brigadoon 1954. It's magical.

[@carlchiles1047]

You’re doing My Fair Lady..which is musically pretty perfect..On the Street Where You Live was released and charted..

[@purpleslog]

On the Street where you live is a great song. And that is a problem. It is the best song in show and sung by a very minor character. Overall, I consider it an average to below average musical even with that great song and Audrey Hepburn (a top 5 actress).

[@adrianaheiler9794]

@@purpleslog and he didn't even sing it himself 😭 Both Audrey and Jeremy Brett (beautiful, beautiful man, the ultimate Sherlock Holmes for many) were dubbed in their songs, even though Jeremy could sing very well and had starred in musicals before. Someone later found and published recordings of Audrey's real voice, but Jeremy's version of that song was lost forever 😢

[@purpleslog]

@@adrianaheiler9794 oh no! I didn’t realize Jeremy Brett was dubbed. There goes my day dream of a Sherlock Holmes musical that never was. I did no that Audrey was dubbed. I rather liked he singing voice. It had echoes of vulnerability in it (recall the scene of her singing moon river with a sparse arrangement).

[@vincentsaia6545]

Hollywood studios resisted for years to convert to sound movies because of the expense of converting every movie theater in the country to sound. When Hollywood finally decided to convert to sound pictures one studio made every player it had under contract to stand under a microphone and recite a nursery rhyme to test their voices.

[@docsavage8640]

One of my favorite films. So funny, great music, great dancing. Dancing up the wall with no special effects. What's not to like?

[@tackysum]

The song came first and was written in the late 1920.s. MGM owned the rights and used it in several movies. For more Debbie Reynolds, check out "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", "Tammy and The Bachelor" or "Susan Slept Here". Nice reaction. This movie is one of the best movie musicals ever made.

[@BLU8]

One of the all-time greats! Movie musicals don't get any better than this! 👏☔

[@christinagordon4958]

Debbie Reynolds starred in this blockbuster at the age of 19. Her daughter Carrie Fisher starred in Star Wars at the age of 19. Love to both of them.

[@docsavage8640]

False and irrelevant anyway

[@outlanderfrog]

​@@docsavage8640 What's false about it?

[@Reclining_Spuds]

It is a fact that after Carrie passed away, Debbie was so heartbroken that she passed a day or two later. 😢

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@docsavage8640 No, that's completely true. Go look it up.

[@shaomongoloid]

Wait, so are you telling me she knows Christopher Plummer from The Sound of Music? Now I'm even more excited to see her watch Star Trek VI!

[@rjdalchow]

Donald O'Connor was in the same unit as my dad in the Army Air Corps.

[@pfcampos7041]

I love Gene Kelly! I saw him for the first time in the 80's when I was like 14 and had an instant crush. I have seen all his movies. My favorite with him is An American in Paris. Debbie Reynolds has some other great movies. My favorite is one called Bundle of Joy but not many people are familiar with it. Also someone below mentioned you should watch My Fair Lady. I am 100% for that. It is definitely my favorite musical tied with Fiddler on The Roof. I no every word to every song!

[@lifelover515]

'Gene Kelly? Hmm ... I know Grace Kelly.' Oh dear! And who can that leading lady be? But Cassie's young and endearing and forgiven. Important to note this is a true movie musical and unlike most, was never a stage production. What a cast, and so many highlights. A special shout-out to Jean Hagen whose thankless role as Lina is often overlooked, though it earned her a well-deserved supporting actress Oscar nomination. I wa saddened to learn Donald O'Connor (Cosmo) was troubled by alcohol in his later years. Well done again. popcorn queen. The smile on your face says it all.

[@pobstrel]

I was surprised she said that. Especially as Grace could only be a girls name. And she's already watched Grace Kelly in Rear Window!

[@BondFreek]

10:30 Debbie Reynolds is the love interest in this movie. It was her film debut. It was also her first singing and dancing musical. Gene Kelly (Lamont) choreographed all the singing and dancing in this movie. When they were done with the film Debbie Reynolds was sore from head to toe. Gene Kelly worked her really hard. But as always he was gentleman.

[@JedHead77]

Gene Kelly was actually sick when they filmed that famous rain dance. 😮🤧☔️

[@RetroClassic66]

28:21 The beauty in green is the great Cyd Charisse, who had an illustrious career as a dancer and actress in movies, predominantly musicals. She was legendary.

[@adrianaheiler9794]

When I used to watch this movie as a kid (before Google) I always thought it was Ava Gardner, but she wasn't really known to be a dancer. Luckily now I can find so many movies online I missed back then, or which weren't shown much on TV

[@PrinceofArfon]

Justice for Cosmo! Glad you finally saw it. Make sure your sister sees it too. It’s an all-time favorite, a perfect movie.

[@adrianaheiler9794]

I'm team Cosmo, always! He's just the cutest. The fact that he doesn't have girls in droves pining after him will forever be a mystery to me!

[@rebeccaclementz3756]

In the first draft of the movie, Cosmo was one of those guys who would take advantage of girls trying to get into the movies. They cleaned up his character but you should still assume he's not trying to attract the girls who want to u married.

[@patrickwrye8450]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. The singing, dancing, storytelling, acting, it’s all there. It’s so so so so good.

[@ejo24]

Usher reenacting/singing Singin in the Rain is absolutely epic!

[@ernestitoe]

In later years, Debbie Reynolds said she was not a dancer but a gymnast, so she had to learn quickly. Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor had to accommodate her somewhat. The song was written decades before the movie. Someone else you saw: Cyd Charisse. She did two numbers with Gene Kelly, the first a gangster's moll. The coin-flipping was something George Raft did when he was playing a gangster. Years later, he was in a movie in which he was not a gangster, and someone was flipping a coin, and he said, "Where did you learn a ridiculous thing like that?" Anyway, Cyd Charisse was a gal from Amarillo, Texas, who studied ballet and was briefly married to her ballet instructor, Nico Charisse. Her baby brother called her "Sid" when he was learning to talk, because he couldn't say "sis." So everybody called her Sid, and the studio decided to change the spelling to make it look more elegant.

[@trinaq]

Poor Debbie Reynolds was repeatedly made to rehearse the dance to "Good Morning" by Gene Kelly, a self admitted perfectionist. By the end, her feet were bleeding.

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

Ginger Rogers also had bleeding feet after a dance duet she did with the perfectionist, Fred Astaire due to all the rehearsals.

[@chadtopia]

When you said "my grandma used to sing this to me to wake me up", just warmed my heart

[@auzpayeur8229]

“My grandma used to sing this to me to wake me up!” Aw! “Then I saw it in a viagra commercial” Oh

[@auzpayeur8229]

I’m so sorry but the ugly cackle that came out of me when you said that

[@gwwaz]

Hey look, you have to know who Gene Kelly, Donald O’Conner, and Debbie Reynolds were. Debbie Reynold was married to Eddie Fisher, a big singer at the time. Around 1960, maybe sooner, Elizabeth Taylor stole Eddie Fisher from Debbie Reynolds. Before Reynolds and Taylor died, they made amends. Donald O’Conner did a lot in the movies and was big in his teens as a dancer and funny guy. There were two stars who for years were leading men who danced. One was Fred Astaire and the other was Gene Kelly. Kelly was always known for his athleticism. Anyways, these three stars were big and all of them worked for decades in film and TV. It’s difficult to fathom that they have been forgotten.

[@davidkneitel1840]

She's only in her 30's, that's to be expected. It's unusual for someone younger than 40 to have been exposed to what we were. Assuming you are older than 40.

[@elessartelcontar9415]

I loved this movie as a young kid about 5 years old. I first saw and loved Donald O'Connor when he starred in the B&W Francis the Talking Mule series of 5 movies. I highly recommend them. Donald and Francis got into all kinds of zany trouble. The 5 movies were all set in WWII overseas. I was also fascinated by WWII as a 5 year old to the point it made me wonder about reincarnation! One of the things he did that I had never seen is that HE COULD DANCE UP A VERTICAL WALL for several feet like gravity didn't apply! He would rush a wall at speed and nearly reach the ceiling while dancing on the wall! He did a flip off the wall and when he hit the floor was still dancing. You have to see it.

[@toriweiler1950]

And James Cagney in Yankee Doodle! 0:06

[@terencejay8845]

In The Full Monty, one of the 'strippers' in audition said he could do the Donald O'Connor up-the-wall bit and basically just slammed into it. Brave try.

[@drg3712]

The singing in the rain dance, singing and staging is one of the best pieces of work ever put on film

[@tomshea8382]

Fun fact: Kathy Selden's singing voice and "dialogue" voice actually do belong to Jean Hagen, who played Lina.

[@StereoSpace]

The ultimate irony, it was actually Jean who was dubbed in over Debbie. How crazy is that?

[@tomshea8382]

@@StereoSpaceThat's just how good Hagen was in this one. Got the only Oscar nomination out of the whole perfect cast, too.

[@awmperry]

Betty Noyes dubbed Do You and Lucky Star, while Hagen IIRC did others. What do you have in mind when you say “dialogue voice”?

[@cvonbarron]

@@tomshea8382 Very true, but Kelley deserved a nomination as well Donald O'Connor.

[@tomshea8382]

@@awmperry"Nothing can keep us apart. Our love will last 'til the stars turn cold."

[@sparkle8400]

Debbie Reynolds herself said she got into show business by accident. She entered a beauty contest to win a free scarf, she won but was also discovered ✨⭐✨

[@Laceykat66]

If you like Donald O'Connor I suggest you watch one or two of the "Francis the Talking Mules" movies. BTW, that was not even water in Singing in the Rain. It was skim milk. Water did not show up on film enough.

[@purpleslog]

It was not milk. That is a myth.

[@blacksheep8427]

I was just saying earlier tonight (at rehearsal, for a stage musical) that there are SO many older movie musicals about performers or people doing a show, and how most of them aren't that interesting (or good). But this is DEFINITELY a huge exception. It's a great classic movie musical. The characters are so much fun - well-written, and well-acted.

[@blacksheep8427]

Years ago I played a bunch of shows all summer summer at a Rep. Theatre (several shows playing, alternating for the whole summer). Singin' in the Rain was one of them, and it was only one I never got tired of playing.

[@henrikechers9995]

All the actors are great in this classic. But Donald O`Connor as Cosmo, and Jean Hagen as Lina are just so funny

[@mserinjohnson]

28:23 that lady in the green dress is Cyd Charisse. She often danced with Gene Kelly in movies.

[@davidkneitel1840]

I'm 55, grew up in the 70's and 80's. I was exposed to the older movies as well as the current ones at the time. The fact that we didn't have as many ways to view movies at the time played a factor, but also having parents that were teens at the time these great movies were made in the late 40's early 50's helped too. Please react to more Danny Kaye movies. Not only was he a beloved comical genius, but a true humanitarian as well. Take care and be well. 😊

[@stephanieashton8835]

Another movie about the transition to "talkies" that I love is The Artist with Jean DuJardin (who is hilarious in the OSS 117 films). It's a silent film, set in the 20s, but from 2011. It's like a combination of "Singin' in the Rain" and "A Star Is Born."

[@Doutsoldome]

There are many films that are called "classics," but only a few are truly so. These are the ones that set the bar for the rest. _Casablanca_ is one. And so is _Singing in the Rain._ Perfection is rare, but it sometimes happens.

[@toriweiler1950]

I’m 59 and I didn’t see this movie until I was in college at BYU in 1984. I went with group and they had raincoats, hats, rubber boots and umbrellas so I did too! I LOVED the movie and the movies house was all dressed up and sang every song! 🎉