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Actors: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donold O'Connor
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Singin' in the Rain |
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The movie is about a dashing, smug but romantic silent film star, Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and his glamorous blonde screen partner, Lina Lamont who are falsely portayed as romantically involved as a promotional tactic for the studio.
Their studio head envisions their current silent film as a 'talkie'. This is a complete flop until Don's ex-song-and-dance partner, Cosmo (Donald O'Connor) suggests turning the doomed film into a musical. There's one major problem, however - the temperamental, catty, self-centred Lina Lamont has a shrill, screechy New York accent. To solve this problem, they decide to use the voice of Don's dancer-girlfriend, Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds).
The hilarious pair manage to outwit Lina, pacify Kathy, and turn the musical into a raging success.
--Susanna de Almeida, Resident Scholar
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Gene Kelly plays a stuntman-turned-actor about to make the transition from silent films to talkies. But while Kelly has a wonderful voice perfect for singing Broadway musicals, his witchy co-star Lena (Jean Hagan) has a high-pitched voice perfect for shattering glass. Thanks to Lena, Kelly's career in the talkies is quickly going down the tubes. But when Kelly falls in love with a beautiful singer played by Debbie Reynolds, he hits on a great idea -- let Reynolds dub for Lena's voice! Everything seems wonderful -- until Lena discovers what's going on and tries to make Reynolds sign a contract that will make her dub for Lena's voice -- permanently! Now Kelly must find a way to free Reynolds from the contract, without putting his own career in jeopardy!
--Michael Jung, Resident Scholar
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A famed movie actor, co-starring in silent films with a beautiful famed actress with an eccentric personality and screechy high voice, falls in love with a "nobody" just beginning her acting career, during the time of the change from silent to sound movies.
--Amy Teutenberg, Resident Scholar
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Actor Don Lockwood falls in love with dancer Kathy. The trouble is is that Lockwood's so-called celebrity girlfriend thinks they're still together.
--kaity loder, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Singin' in the Rain |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1900-1920's
Kind of comedy
- musical
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- actor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
- (man) muscular
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- actor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- blonde
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Any profanity?
- None
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing and dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Broadway musical
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