Singin’ In the Rain

Directed ByStanley Donen

Gene Kelly

Actors

Debbie Reynoldsas Kathy Selden

Donald O’Connoras Cosmo Brown

Douglas Fowleyas Roscoe Dexter

Gene Kellyas Don Lockwood

Jean Hagenas Lina Leamont

Millard Mitchelas R.F. Simpson

Rita Morenoas Zelda Zanders

Cyd Charisseas Dancer

Awards

• Won a Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actor- Donald O’Connor

• Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture- Musical/comedy

• Nominated for Academy Award Best Actress- Jean Hagen and Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

Awards cont.

• Writers Guild of America- Best Written American Musical

• 10th Greatest Film of all Time by Entertainment Weekly

• American Film Institute voted it #1 Movie Musical

Themes

• The “Real” Hollywood - The movie cheerfully sheds light on the un-realness behind the isolated lives within Hollywood

• Love - There are two different celebrities trying to make it in the industry while unknowingly falling in love

Cinematic Elements

• Many of the scenes in which they are singing or moving along the street are all filmed in one shot. The camera pans steadily in literally all directions giving a nice flow to the scenes.

Did you know?

• The script was written after the songs, so the writers had to generate a plot to fit the songs.

• The rain seen through out the film is actually a mixture of milk and water. The combination showed up much better on screen, but caused Gene Kelly’s suit to shrink.

• The “Broadway Ballet” scene took a month and a half to finish and cost 1/5 of the movies budget($600,000)

Discussion Questions

• Why was it so difficult for the actors and crew to get use to the new “talkie” movies?

• How would you have reacted, as an audience member, to the invention of sound in movies?

• Does the flowing camera help or hurt the film as a whole?

Works Cited• Mcgee, Scott. “Behind the Camera” Turner

Classic Movies. TCM, n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2015• “Singin’ in the Rain Comes to London’s West

End: We’ll Make a Splash. “ The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2015

• “Singin’ in the Rain.” IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2015

• By Connor Bresnahan