Film· 1952· Musical

Singin' in the Rain

by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen

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La La Land

Film · 2016

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Damien Chazelle made La La Land as a deliberate return to the classic Hollywood musical, and Singin' in the Rain, a film about Hollywood itself, is among the models it quotes: the song-and-dance numbers staged on real streets and lamp posts, and the story of performers trying to make it in the film business.

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Singin' in the Rain

When Hollywood's silent era gives way to talkies, a dashing screen idol and a gifted newcomer navigate romance, rivalry, and the comic chaos of reinventing the movies. Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds, with Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Douglas Fowley, Rita Moreno and Cyd Charisse in supporting roles. It offers a lighthearted depiction of Hollywood in the late 1920s, with the three stars portraying performers caught up in the transition from silent films to "talkies".

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