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SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
December 16, 2017  | By David Bianculli  | 1 comment

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This 1952 musical probably is the best movie musical ever made, and has the added bonus of telling the story of Hollywood’s transition from silent pictures to the sound era. I just showed it again in my film class, as I do every semester, after teaching all about silent movies. It’s such a fun transition, and Debbie Reynolds, who was 19 when she filmed it, is about the age of my students, so they tend to relate to that as well. And then, of course, there’s Gene Kelly and the spectacularly staged title number, which is nothing less than a song-and-dance ode to joy.

 
 
 
 
 
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Len Feiner
And Donald O’Connor’s “Make Em Laugh” is one of the best numbers ever put on screen!
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