Released in 1952 the movie in my opinion is the GREATEST MUSICAL OF ALL TIME...it is much better than the overrated the sound of music,my fair lady,west side story...the inmitible Gene Kelly plays Don Lockwood a silent film superstar....with his pompous co – star ( Jean hagen in a hilarious cameo)...
the movie traces the pressures the movie studios faced in adapting to the first talkies in the late 1920's...the masala potboiler Om Shanti Om (2007) paid tribute to the very first scene of singin in the rain when the stars of the movie come for the movie premiere...Gene Kelly is such a treat to watch...even today Bollywood uses all of his dance moves,his pairing with Donald O' Connor is amazing especially the tap dancing scenes...the highlight of the movie is the rendition of the title track by Gene himself drenched in rain...the single greatest musical sequence ever committed to a film!!!!!!
another legendary sequence is when Gene teams with Cyd Charisse ( who performs like a rubber band )..sigh why are there no musicals like this movie these days instead of the innumerable trashy street numbers...and to think this movie was not even nominated for best picture which went to the The Greatest Show On Earth...pathetic decision by the Academy yet again...romantic,charming,entertaining...the show must go on!!!
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