Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor star in one of the greatest musicals ever filmed. Musician Don Lockwood (Kelly) rises to stardom during Hollywood’s silent-movie era–paired with the beautiful, jealous and dumb Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen). When Lockwood becomes attracted to young studio singer Kathy Selden (Reynolds), Lamont has her fired. But with the introduction of talking pictures, audiences laugh when they hear Lockwood speak for the first time–and the studio uses Selden to dub her voice. Set during the advent of “talkies,” this film classic song-and-dance numbers celebrate the beginning of movie musicals.
“Compounded generously of music, dance, color, spectacle and a riotous abundance of Gene Kelly, Jean Hagen and Donald O’Connor on the screen, all elements in this rainbow program are carefuly contrived and guaranteed to…put you in a buttercup mood.” — Bosley Crowther , New York Times
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directed by
Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
written by
Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Betty Comden, Adolph Green
with
Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds
Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds
country
United States
United States