Synopsis of Singing in the Rain

Qualification: Singing under the rain

Direction: Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly.

Script: Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

Music: Roger Edens and Al Hoffman.

Photography: Harold Rosson.

Distribution: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Cyd Charisse, and Rita Moreno.

Country: USA.

Year: 1952

Gender: Musical.

Duration: 99 minutes.

Producer: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Budget: $2,540,800

Singing in the Rain tells the story of a Hollywood actor named Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and his scene partner Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen), who face a great stumbling block in his artistic career, when at the end of the twenties the film industry underwent its greatest change and with its greatest crisis when the first film with sound was released: “El Cantante de Jazz"; the little experience they had in talkies and Lina's horrifying voice, caused a series of problems that tried solve with the help of a young stage actress with a beautiful voice Cathy Seldon (Debbie Reynolds) for whom Don feels extremely attracted.

Singing in the Rain (1952) was directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly (Don Lockwood) who also starred in this story alongside Debbie Reynolds. (Cathy Seldon), Jean Hagen (Lina Lamont) and Donald O´Connor (Cosmo Brown), was recorded in 1952, with the production of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with an approximate cost of two million and a half dollars, managing to be recognized worldwide as one of the best musical comedy films, so it is somewhat curious to know that the The protagonist (Debbie Reynolds) put a lot of courage in her partner, director and choreographer Gene Kelly for her enormous lack of ability to dance, but something that Until now we do not know why an actress who could not dance was hired for a musical of the most famous dancer in the history of Hollywood, but despite this the The result was wonderful and the problem with Reynolds was solved by letting Kelly and O'Connor do the hard part in the dance scenes in their respective roles. as Don and Cosmo, two great friends who began their careers in show business together as musicians, dancers and singers, and soon after entering the Cinema industry.

Filmed at a time when Hollywood was gradually beginning to say goodbye to the musical genre due to the large budgets that this type of production required, Cantando Under the rain it became the best of the representations of this genre, managing to capture the attention of the public with this story, which was written and adapted to the songs, that is, the musical part of the film was written first, which represented a great challenge for the screenwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green who managed to create a classic of cinema recalling one of the most important moments for the seventh art, such as the change from silent films to talkies, a transition that is perfectly captured in this movie.