My favorite musical of all time (My Fair Lady comes in at a VERY close 2nd)! But I do wish that the 'Moses Supposes' dance number would get more recognition. It's my favorite dance bit, even more than the mega-classic 'Singin' in the Rain' sequence (again, another VERY close 2nd). Thanks, Steve!!
Well you finally did it. My all-time favorite musical. Everytime it rains that's the song that is in my head. The cast was so amazing and perfect. Jean Hagen did such a beautiful job. But the one that blew me away was Debbie Reynolds. How at 19 years old she kept up with veterans much older than her. What always makes me sad is Gene Kelly and the way he treated her during that movie. But good old Fred Astaire came to the rescue.
Yup! Debbie was a trouper. This is one of the quint essential films on movie making/Hollywood histry and such filled with so much genius on so many levels. Thanks for watching!
This is one of my favorite movies. I thought Jean Hagen's performance was outstanding. I also like the dance numbers between Gene Kelly and Cyd Charise. The photography for those numbers is unbelievable, and I really like how they were able to lift Cyd Charise's 25 ft white train from her dress way up in the air. It's too bad they do not make movies like this anymore. Great movie recommendation, Steve.
Truly one of my favorite movies. It has the funniest line ever. When Rita Marino, playing a famous movie star, exists the limo at the premier the radio hostess announces that she has just married the Count Too Loose Too Long " I spit every time I hear it. And of course, Jean Hagen as lina can not be topped ! Such a wonderful wonderful movie that I never get tired of seeing.
It's so great to see you honoring the largely unsung Jean Hagen! Singin' in the Rain is such a joyous film that bears re-watching every couple of years. I am always reminded of Leonard Bernstein's astonished appreciation when he first saw Gene Kelly in the title number--he called it "a reaffirmation of life" and boy, Lenny--ain't it the truth! Hope you'll toss in some remarks about this year's Oscar show when you post again, Steve.Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm
Nope, I never post about the current Oscars. The past ones more than fill the bill! Thank you so much for watching. Please do me a favor and push the "LIKE" button. It really helps.
A friend recommended I watch your reviews. I'm still catching up. I love them! You point out many of the things I do when chatting with friends, especially those who haven't seen many classics. I'd love to hang out and talk movies with you sometime, but I'm sure all your fans say that. Best wishes and thanks! :-) I love Singin' in the Rain, one of my favs, especially that Moses number....fantastic!
I love this movie, so thank you for reviewing it. And I appreciate that you almost always give a shout-out in your reviews to the wonderful secondary, often character, actors who are often the unsung heros and heroines in these classics, so thank you for that as well! Every scene partner is important, not just the leads, because the leads couldn't do their thing without them! Just really enjoying your videos. ps--I love that Joan gets miffed at the end!
It would have been nice if he would have also given a shout out to Cyd Charisse who performed one of the most erotic and technically proficient dance numbers ever in this film. In fact, from this point on, Cyd Charisse would become one of Metro's major dancing stars in films like the Bandwagon, It's Always Fair Weather, Meet Me In Las Vegas, Silk Stockings and a few others.
Steve hit it right when he talked of how "Singin' in the Rain" got shafted in the Oscars. It was EASILY a better film than the film that won in 1952, "The Greatest Show on Earth." Aargh, that film shouldn't even have been nominated, let alone win, for crying out loud. Steve, if you read this, the one film I'd like you to review is "Cover Girl." Some feel it was an inspiration for "Singin'" because of Gene Kelly doing his solo dance in that film. It certainly was the real Hollywood breakthrough for Kelly because, after being loaned to Columbia and shining on Gower Street, L.B. Mayer never allowed him to be loaned out again. It took a loanout to a "lesser" studio for MGM to realize what a gem it had in Gene Kelly.
Since Gene Kelly and An American in Paris won best picture the year before in 1951 it kind of doomed Singin in the Rain's chances of winning in '52. Ironically the big winner in 1952 was the film The Bad and the Beautiful which won five awards and was directed by Vincente Minnelli who had won for best picture the year before with An American in Paris.
Hey Steve, Great review of this wonderful film. You forgot to mention the dance sequence with Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly. That dance number has to be one of the greatest dance numbers ever choreographed and produced. The lighting and the clothes of Cyd Charisse's 50 foot train was astounding when it goes high up in the air. As you mentioned, I, too, thought that Jean Hagen was very good in this film, and she should have won an Oscar for that performance. Keep up the good work, Steve.
Dear Steve, What a collection you have behind you as a back set! The posters, the dolls and other stuff! Is that your personal collection? Thank you for your great videos. I love the background on these movies you highlight.
I remember when Gene Kelly died, NBC Nightly News played the whole Singing in the Rain dance segment at the end of the newscast to honor him. I cried through the whole thing. I love that movie. Never gets old. Love your reviews, too! They don’t get old either. 😊
This is arguably the best musical ever made. Great songs, great dance sequences and funny. I am not surprised at all that Fred Astaire helped her with her dancing. Imagine being Debbie Reynolds and having the daunting task of dancing with the very talented Donald O'Connor and the legendary Gene Kelly. This movie is bright, fun and just FANTASTIC!
Totally agree. I SO love Donald O'Connor. As an aunt of mine used to say when a man caught her eye; "He "floats my boat'! And Jean Hagen I simply sublime. Everthing about this film works. I think it's inrteresting that my two favorite "inside Hollywood "films about movie making during the studio system came out the same year. , this and "The Bad and the Beautiful'. One cobvered the silent era the other the current era. Heaven!
Don't forget. There was a 1929 film of Singing in the Rain. Clips are on YT and I adore it. Again, Mr. Hayes' voice, expression and content of his reviews are fabulous.
Dear Mr. Hayes, I love your enthusiasm for these films. I can almost picture you dancing Donald O'Connor's number when you dance across the ceiling. You could do that for us, couldn't you ... ?😃🤩
My favorite part is "Gotta Dance!" -- Cyd Charisse was an incredible vision! But this is my favorite musical -- Another great review .. see you in two weeks!!
@@guilfordcigarman Thank you, your are so kind! Made my day! Go to YOUTUbe, put in Tired Old Queen and up they all come. I've tried to find the complete list for years and haven't had "complete luck'. I do remember the ones I haven't done and the ones I did do...wish I could have say that about my love life...oh, well...Have a great day and stay SAFE! Best; Steve
Just to correct something. When Jean Hagen is "speaking" and it's supposedly dubbed by Debbie, it's really Jean speaking. When Jean is "singing", it's mostly Betty Noyes, though Debbie did record and film to her own tracks and she sings the Singin' in the Rain reprise at the end..
Steve, you and your viewers might enjoy Robert Carson's 1952 novel "The Magic Lantern" about the days of silent films. I got a second-hand paperback copy somewhere and it was one of those unexpected gems. I also recommend the biography "Vamp--The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara" by Eve Golden. Great bio and movie history.
Love, love, love as always, but.......there's even more to the dubbing. Sometimes Jean's voice is Debbie's.....sometimes Debbie's voice is Debbie's.....sometimes Jean's voice is Jean's....sometimes Jean's voice is Betty Royce's.....sometimes Debbie's voice is Betty Royce's.....singing voices, that is. Betty Royce is the one no one seems to mention, but she's definitely there.
Steve makes it sound as though the filmmakers got the songs from a number of different sources. But the songs in the film weren't gathered together from just anywhere; they all had one very conspicuous thing in common. The film's producer, Arthur Freed, had previously been a song lyricist in the 1920s and '30s, and he wanted to make a movie out of the songs that he had written. He hired Betty Comden and Adolph Green to build a story around the songs. Comden and Green thought that the songs were so much of their era, that the story should be set in the 1920s, and that's how Comden and Green got the idea to have the story take place during the arrival of sound movies.
Love all your videos, could you please review my favorite Howard Keel movie 'Kismet'? He had such chemistry with the actress who played the bad guy's wife. Anne Blyth is so beautiful in that film and vastly different from her iconic role of 'daughter from Hell' in Mildred Pierce. Not to mention the now almost fallen into obscurity Vic Damone who makes the Disney-speed romantic pace believable.
You mean Ann Blythe. Yes, she was lovely. "Kismet" is now on my list! Thank you so much for watching. Please do me a favor and push the "LIKE" button. It really helps.
How this great film was shut out at the Oscars is beyond anyone's belief. Especially when one considers the "Best" picture of that year was the dreadful "The Greatest Show on Earth....
Dear Steve, if we needed any reminding of just how staggeringly hard dancers work, this film shows us - and they make it look easy! You mention that Debbie Reynolds was helped by Fred Astaire - indeed, I heard a description of how she went to him in tears saying she couldn't come up to Gene Kelley's standards, and Fred took her to a rehearsal room and asked her to watch him working on a number, and he worked over and over until everything on him was soaked with sweat and he was completely exhausted, and explained that was what dancing required. He did indeed help her, but it's completely staggering that she could be so good at such a young age; the poor girl had to be carried off on a stretcher after the "Good morning!" number, because her feet were pouring with blood. I absolutely adore Jean Hagen, who's wonderful in this film, but sometimes I wonder whether dancers, who routinely put themselves through such agony, are quite sane. When "Singing in the Rain" was staged in London, Roy Castle had the Donald O'Conner role, and in the afternoon before opening night he was going through the "Make 'em Laugh" number and walked up the wall, but it hadn't been fastened properly, he fell and one of his feet was torn in half. The star/producer Tommy Steele went to him and said he simply couldn't be replaced, so he had to go on with one foot held together by strapping - don't ask me how. And I've heard a ballet dancer talking about "a little tummy ache" she'd had during rehearsals, and then feeling "a little pop" during the performance, which was her appendix bursting; but she didn't go to hospital until the curtain came down. I adore watching dancers, but they're a whole different breed of human being. Thank you for a lovely review of a musical that's lovely for so many different reasons. Best wishes, Alida
Dear Alida: Indeed. And it has one of the shortedst career life spans in show business. You are only able to really do it to the best of your ability for such a short time. I have a close friend who danced with Nureyev and in his company and he has the MOST amazing stories. Donalod O'Connor smoked four packs of cigareetes a day and had to be hospitalized for a week after they filmed " Make 'Em Laugh", only to be told there was a technical glitch and he'd have to do it all over again...and did! Incredible. And who got the Oscar nomination? Jean Hagen! According to many of my TOQ fans , she should have won ....however, I can never deny Gloria Grahame her Oscar. Tee hee. Have a lovely weekend. Steve
Have you ever seen "Broadway Melody of 1936" with Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor and jack benny? I was shocked when I saw it...it is virtually the same score as Singin in the Rain! The "Gotta Dance" number, "You are my lucky Star." etc. Most of the "b roadway Melody" movies are creaky and unfunny, but this particular one is fresh, funny, and right on. And it shows a really funny Jack Benny before he adopted his. Radio-TV persona.
True story: YEARS ago (don't ask how many, dear), I was in an elevator somewhere in midtown. And I heard a fellow passenger (total stranger) say to his friend, "Moses supposes his toe-ses are roses.." His companion just looked blank. I waited for the doors to open, took a beat...turned around and said, "But Moses supposes...erroneously!!" We both burst into spontaneous laughter. It was one of those juicy moments..only film-fans can share with each other...gadzooks...we are such a fraternity...xoxox :-))
Virtually, the same thing happened to me once. I was having a drink with a guy in a bar and we were talking about "All in the Family." I stasrted singing, "Boy the way Glenn Millah played..." And right next to me some guy I didn't know went, "Songs that made the Hit pa-rade//"
@@williamsnyder5616 It happened to me on a hot and croweded subway train in Manhattan one July. Everyone was squished togeher and for some eason, I started singing ; " I Love New York'' and out of nowhere, this guy in back of me starts to harmonize with me, I finally got to turn atround in time to see it was Broadways star Lenny Baker (Next Stop Greenwich Vilage) who was on his way to the theatre to star in "I Love My Wife", for which he got a Tony Award. He gave me a "thumbs up", we giggled and the train went on it's way.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ What a story! I moved to SF and I had never heard of "Next Stop, Greenwich Village." But one day, I saw that it was playing at a 10th-run house on Market St. (the Strand). So, I hunched up with two pails of popcorn and watched Lenny Baker as Larry Lipinsky. It was Paul Mazursky's most under-rated movie.
@@williamsnyder5616 I totally agree and absolutely loved Lenny Baker. Such a tragedy that we lost him so early. Thanks for watchng and Best Wishes; Steve
Just Watch The Movie ! It Is Fantastic ! WONDERFUL ! Gene Kelly Was A Showman Like The Ringling Brothers Or Ziegfeld ? It's Just To Bad That He Worked With Streisand Directing "Hello Dolly" Dolly Should Have Been Played By Bette Davis With Fred Astaire As Horace Vandergelder. With Gene Kelly As Cornelius, Cyd Charisse As Irene Malloy !
I love this film, except for the Las Vegas number section near the end. It’s loooong and not interesting at all to me. I wish they had replaced it with a bit where the studio or producer or director (without our heroes’ knowledge of course) has a couple of funny goons try to kidnap Lamont so she can’t be at the premier. Of course she thinks they are just over eager fans and the comedy hijinks ensue.
At the risk of a tar-and-feathering I'm gonna have to admit this movie is NOT one of my favorites and I find it very over rated. I'll have to chalk it up to too much Gene Kelly. I did find the detail attractive but the only time I felt entertained was when Hagen was on screen. O'Connor hammed it up (though the Make Em' Laugh number required it.) BIG year for movies and if I had my choice I would have given the award to Moulin Rouge with The Quiet Man running a close second. Even the great High Noon had sub-par sets that looked like they were from some 50's western TV show.
OF COURSE you would do this oh so OVER popular title, as if needed anymore attention phrased upon it. Far more deserving lesser known musicals out there that need light shined on them. SINGING IN THE RAIN aint going any where. It's always going to be around and talked about and replayed again and again. How 'bout some more obscure titles?
My favorite musical of all time (My Fair Lady comes in at a VERY close 2nd)! But I do wish that the 'Moses Supposes' dance number would get more recognition. It's my favorite dance bit, even more than the mega-classic 'Singin' in the Rain' sequence (again, another VERY close 2nd).
Thanks, Steve!!
I think it's so amazing because although obviously rehearesd to the nines, it comes off as totally improvisational! Brilliant beyond words!
Well you finally did it. My all-time favorite musical. Everytime it rains that's the song that is in my head. The cast was so amazing and perfect. Jean Hagen did such a beautiful job. But the one that blew me away was Debbie Reynolds. How at 19 years old she kept up with veterans much older than her. What always makes me sad is Gene Kelly and the way he treated her during that movie. But good old Fred Astaire came to the rescue.
Yup! Debbie was a trouper. This is one of the quint essential films on movie making/Hollywood histry and such filled with so much genius on so many levels. Thanks for watching!
This is one of my favorite movies. I thought Jean Hagen's performance was outstanding. I also like the dance numbers between Gene Kelly and Cyd Charise. The photography for those numbers is unbelievable, and I really like how they were able to lift Cyd Charise's 25 ft white train from her dress way up in the air. It's too bad they do not make movies like this anymore. Great movie recommendation, Steve.
Truly one of my favorite movies. It has the funniest line ever. When Rita Marino, playing a famous movie star, exists the limo at the premier the radio hostess announces that she has just married the Count Too Loose Too Long " I spit every time I hear it. And of course, Jean Hagen as lina can not be topped ! Such a wonderful wonderful movie that I never get tired of seeing.
A fabulous film all around!
It's so great to see you honoring the largely unsung Jean Hagen! Singin' in the Rain is such a joyous film that bears re-watching every couple of years. I am always reminded of Leonard Bernstein's astonished appreciation when he first saw Gene Kelly in the title number--he called it "a reaffirmation of life" and boy, Lenny--ain't it the truth!
Hope you'll toss in some remarks about this year's Oscar show when you post again, Steve.Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm
Nope, I never post about the current Oscars. The past ones more than fill the bill! Thank you so much for watching. Please do me a favor and push the "LIKE" button. It really helps.
A friend recommended I watch your reviews. I'm still catching up. I love them! You point out many of the things I do when chatting with friends, especially those who haven't seen many classics. I'd love to hang out and talk movies with you sometime, but I'm sure all your fans say that. Best wishes and thanks! :-) I love Singin' in the Rain, one of my favs, especially that Moses number....fantastic!
Dear Nikki, no they don't and thank you for the lovely compliment and comments!
With the American Empire crumbling all around us, it's comforting to come to your home and listen to your unique reviews. Thank you.
Thank Zoltan! So appreciated!
I love this movie, so thank you for reviewing it. And I appreciate that you almost always give a shout-out in your reviews to the wonderful secondary, often character, actors who are often the unsung heros and heroines in these classics, so thank you for that as well! Every scene partner is important, not just the leads, because the leads couldn't do their thing without them! Just really enjoying your videos. ps--I love that Joan gets miffed at the end!
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I love that you gave a shout out to Kathleen Freeman who was always a wonderful comedic character actress.
It would have been nice if he would have also given a shout out to Cyd Charisse who performed one of the most erotic and technically proficient dance numbers ever in this film. In fact, from this point on, Cyd Charisse would become one of Metro's major dancing stars in films like the Bandwagon, It's Always Fair Weather, Meet Me In Las Vegas, Silk Stockings and a few others.
Kathleen Freeman still ran ads in Dramalogue as a acting coach in LA up until her passing. Great great actress.
JACK ANTHONY Very True about the fabulous Cyd Charisse!
@@jackanthony976 HOORAY CYD! How's that?
@@marjoriemargel1567 I saw her in "the Full Monty" on Broadway! What a thrill!
I've seen this many times..old Hollywood!!!!!
Steve hit it right when he talked of how "Singin' in the Rain" got shafted in the Oscars. It was EASILY a better film than the film that won in 1952, "The Greatest Show on Earth." Aargh, that film shouldn't even have been nominated, let alone win, for crying out loud. Steve, if you read this, the one film I'd like you to review is "Cover Girl." Some feel it was an inspiration for "Singin'" because of Gene Kelly doing his solo dance in that film. It certainly was the real Hollywood breakthrough for Kelly because, after being loaned to Columbia and shining on Gower Street, L.B. Mayer never allowed him to be loaned out again. It took a loanout to a "lesser" studio for MGM to realize what a gem it had in Gene Kelly.
and the fact that Gloria Grahame got the supporting actress nod for "Bad and the Beautiful" over Jean Hagen!Why was SHE even nominated,let alone won!!
@@metrogoldwyn Becauuse she was in foyur hit pictures that year including the Best Picture and she was terrific in all of them.
Since Gene Kelly and An American in Paris won best picture the year before in 1951 it kind of doomed Singin in the Rain's chances of winning in '52. Ironically the big winner in 1952 was the film The Bad and the Beautiful which won five awards and was directed by Vincente Minnelli who had won for best picture the year before with An American in Paris.
Hey Steve,
Great review of this wonderful film. You forgot to mention the dance sequence with Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly. That dance number has to be one of the greatest dance numbers ever choreographed and produced. The lighting and the clothes of Cyd Charisse's 50 foot train was astounding when it goes high up in the air. As you mentioned, I, too, thought that Jean Hagen was very good in this film, and she should have won an Oscar for that performance. Keep up the good work, Steve.
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Another excellent review Steve, full of perceptive insights and wonderful anecdotes, both you and Johnny are absolute stars!
Holy smoke! Great!
Dear Steve, What a collection you have behind you as a back set! The posters, the dolls and other stuff! Is that your personal collection? Thank you for your great videos. I love the background on these movies you highlight.
Yup. It's all mine. As an ex of mine once said, after looking around my apartment; " You know Steve, you live here too!" LOL!
I remember when Gene Kelly died, NBC Nightly News played the whole Singing in the Rain dance segment at the end of the newscast to honor him. I cried through the whole thing. I love that movie. Never gets old. Love your reviews, too! They don’t get old either. 😊
Many thanks and I love this one as well. One of the best movies about the studio system.
This is arguably the best musical ever made. Great songs, great dance sequences and funny. I am not surprised at all that Fred Astaire helped her with her dancing. Imagine being Debbie Reynolds and having the daunting task of dancing with the very talented Donald O'Connor and the legendary Gene Kelly. This movie is bright, fun and just FANTASTIC!
Totally agree. I SO love Donald O'Connor. As an aunt of mine used to say when a man caught her eye; "He "floats my boat'! And Jean Hagen I simply sublime. Everthing about this film works. I think it's inrteresting that my two favorite "inside Hollywood "films about movie making during the studio system came out the same year. , this and "The Bad and the Beautiful'. One cobvered the silent era the other the current era. Heaven!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Yes everything works. I must mention Jean Hagen "I can't stand 'em!" lol. She steals every scene she is in.
I don't know, after seeing A Clockwork Orange, Singing in the Rain was never the same for me again lol
I can well imagine. Love that movie too!
I've avoided seeing that film precisely because I love Singing in the rain.
@@alondraperez-ramirez8363 Well I saw it in the 70's when it came out. After almost a half century I've healed lol :o)
Don't forget. There was a 1929 film of Singing in the Rain. Clips are on YT and I adore it. Again, Mr. Hayes' voice, expression and content of his reviews are fabulous.
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Dear Mr. Hayes, I love your enthusiasm for these films. I can almost picture you dancing Donald O'Connor's number when you dance across the ceiling. You could do that for us, couldn't you ... ?😃🤩
OMG! I don't know what drugs you're on, but have them lower the dosage! LOL! Thanks for my first laugh of the day! best; Steve
I think anyone would be tired after doing everything O'Connor did in 'Make 'em laugh" even if you didn't smoke 4 packs a day!
I love him! He's so talented and such acomic genius.
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Steve Hayes Hey Steve! Would you like to be on Turner Classic Movies as a host? I know we would all love to see you there!
Gene Kelly was handsome
My favorite part is "Gotta Dance!" -- Cyd Charisse was an incredible vision!
But this is my favorite musical -- Another great review ..
see you in two weeks!!
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Thanks Guys, brilliant stuff, as always!
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Every time I watch the big production number, "Broadway Rhythm," I always cry at the climactic moment when Gene Kelly spins around and around.
I cry through so many moments of so many of these films. Incredible moments in time captured forever. Aren't we lucky!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Your youtube series is a gift for all of us to share again and again. Where can I find a complete list of all your reviews, please?
@@guilfordcigarman Thank you, your are so kind! Made my day! Go to YOUTUbe, put in Tired Old Queen and up they all come. I've tried to find the complete list for years and haven't had "complete luck'. I do remember the ones I haven't done and the ones I did do...wish I could have say that about my love life...oh, well...Have a great day and stay SAFE! Best; Steve
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ I am honored. Thank you, Steve Hayes!
Just to correct something. When Jean Hagen is "speaking" and it's supposedly dubbed by Debbie, it's really Jean speaking. When Jean is "singing", it's mostly Betty Noyes, though Debbie did record and film to her own tracks and she sings the Singin' in the Rain reprise at the end..
So, just watch, listen and enjoy.
Steve, you and your viewers might enjoy Robert Carson's 1952 novel "The Magic Lantern" about the days of silent films. I got a second-hand paperback copy somewhere and it was one of those unexpected gems. I also recommend the biography "Vamp--The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara" by Eve Golden. Great bio and movie history.
Thanks.
Love, love, love as always, but.......there's even more to the dubbing. Sometimes Jean's voice is Debbie's.....sometimes Debbie's voice is Debbie's.....sometimes Jean's voice is Jean's....sometimes Jean's voice is Betty Royce's.....sometimes Debbie's voice is Betty Royce's.....singing voices, that is. Betty Royce is the one no one seems to mention, but she's definitely there.
So, just watch, listen and enjoy.
Steve makes it sound as though the filmmakers got the songs from a number of different sources. But the songs in the film weren't gathered together from just anywhere; they all had one very conspicuous thing in common. The film's producer, Arthur Freed, had previously been a song lyricist in the 1920s and '30s, and he wanted to make a movie out of the songs that he had written. He hired Betty Comden and Adolph Green to build a story around the songs. Comden and Green thought that the songs were so much of their era, that the story should be set in the 1920s, and that's how Comden and Green got the idea to have the story take place during the arrival of sound movies.
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My favorite movie of all time! Have you thought about doing a Fred Astaire/ Ginger Rogers musical?
Yup.
He's a clever guy!
Dude, Love ya! Great stuff! Scott Garver turned me on! Just subscribed! Can hardly wait for the next one!
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Gene Kelly was so cute!
Yup!
Gene Kelly was handsome back from n the day. Hell, so was I thought? ....lol
I think is maybe the Funniest movie ever made. everybody is great. you, too, TOQ.
Why thank you!
This is the ultimate perfect all-American movie. You - the ultimate perfect movie buff. xoxox, P
And you are simply perfect. Period.
Love all your videos, could you please review my favorite Howard Keel movie 'Kismet'? He had such chemistry with the actress who played the bad guy's wife. Anne Blyth is so beautiful in that film and vastly different from her iconic role of 'daughter from Hell' in Mildred Pierce. Not to mention the now almost fallen into obscurity Vic Damone who makes the Disney-speed romantic pace believable.
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Greatest musical of all
I think it's one of the best inside Hollywood films ever.
Donald O Connor was brilliant
Absatively!
It's actually Betty Noyes' voice that was used for Jean Hagan's singing in "Singin' In the Rain".
Yup.
How this great film was shut out at the Oscars is beyond anyone's belief. Especially when one considers the "Best" picture of that year was the dreadful "The Greatest Show on Earth....
I happen to love 'The Greatest Show On Earth." Sorry.
That is the choicest new piece of Hollywood lore I've heard this year: it was really Jean Hagen dubbing Debbie Reynolds dubbing Jean Hagen???
Yup! Amazing, huh?
Dear Steve, if we needed any reminding of just how staggeringly hard dancers work, this film shows us - and they make it look easy! You mention that Debbie Reynolds was helped by Fred Astaire - indeed, I heard a description of how she went to him in tears saying she couldn't come up to Gene Kelley's standards, and Fred took her to a rehearsal room and asked her to watch him working on a number, and he worked over and over until everything on him was soaked with sweat and he was completely exhausted, and explained that was what dancing required. He did indeed help her, but it's completely staggering that she could be so good at such a young age; the poor girl had to be carried off on a stretcher after the "Good morning!" number, because her feet were pouring with blood. I absolutely adore Jean Hagen, who's wonderful in this film, but sometimes I wonder whether dancers, who routinely put themselves through such agony, are quite sane. When "Singing in the Rain" was staged in London, Roy Castle had the Donald O'Conner role, and in the afternoon before opening night he was going through the "Make 'em Laugh" number and walked up the wall, but it hadn't been fastened properly, he fell and one of his feet was torn in half. The star/producer Tommy Steele went to him and said he simply couldn't be replaced, so he had to go on with one foot held together by strapping - don't ask me how. And I've heard a ballet dancer talking about "a little tummy ache" she'd had during rehearsals, and then feeling "a little pop" during the performance, which was her appendix bursting; but she didn't go to hospital until the curtain came down. I adore watching dancers, but they're a whole different breed of human being. Thank you for a lovely review of a musical that's lovely for so many different reasons. Best wishes, Alida
Dear Alida: Indeed. And it has one of the shortedst career life spans in show business. You are only able to really do it to the best of your ability for such a short time. I have a close friend who danced with Nureyev and in his company and he has the MOST amazing stories. Donalod O'Connor smoked four packs of cigareetes a day and had to be hospitalized for a week after they filmed " Make 'Em Laugh", only to be told there was a technical glitch and he'd have to do it all over again...and did! Incredible. And who got the Oscar nomination? Jean Hagen! According to many of my TOQ fans , she should have won ....however, I can never deny Gloria Grahame her Oscar. Tee hee. Have a lovely weekend. Steve
Have you ever seen "Broadway Melody of 1936" with Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor and jack benny? I was shocked when I saw it...it is virtually the same score as Singin in the Rain! The "Gotta Dance" number, "You are my lucky Star." etc. Most of the "b roadway Melody" movies are creaky and unfunny, but this particular one is fresh, funny, and right on. And it shows a really funny Jack Benny before he adopted his. Radio-TV persona.
I love the one from 1940, where Fred and Eleanor Powell dance on the mirrored dance floor.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ ... I believe that incredible "Begin The Beguine" number was also shot in one take.
True story: YEARS ago (don't ask how many, dear), I was in an elevator somewhere in midtown. And I heard a fellow passenger (total stranger) say to his friend, "Moses supposes his toe-ses are roses.." His companion just looked blank. I waited for the doors to open, took a beat...turned around and said, "But Moses supposes...erroneously!!" We both burst into spontaneous laughter. It was one of those juicy moments..only film-fans can share with each other...gadzooks...we are such a fraternity...xoxox :-))
That is absolutely one of the BEST anecdites EVER!! How wonderful and hilarious! Thank you SO much for sharing it with me!!!
Virtually, the same thing happened to me once. I was having a drink with a guy in a bar and we were talking about "All in the Family." I stasrted singing, "Boy the way Glenn Millah played..." And right next to me some guy I didn't know went, "Songs that made the Hit pa-rade//"
@@williamsnyder5616 It happened to me on a hot and croweded subway train in Manhattan one July. Everyone was squished togeher and for some eason, I started singing ; " I Love New York'' and out of nowhere, this guy in back of me starts to harmonize with me, I finally got to turn atround in time to see it was Broadways star Lenny Baker (Next Stop Greenwich Vilage) who was on his way to the theatre to star in "I Love My Wife", for which he got a Tony Award. He gave me a "thumbs up", we giggled and the train went on it's way.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ What a story! I moved to SF and I had never heard of "Next Stop, Greenwich Village." But one day, I saw that it was playing at a 10th-run house on Market St. (the Strand). So, I hunched up with two pails of popcorn and watched Lenny Baker as Larry Lipinsky. It was Paul Mazursky's most under-rated movie.
@@williamsnyder5616 I totally agree and absolutely loved Lenny Baker. Such a tragedy that we lost him so early. Thanks for watchng and Best Wishes; Steve
TOQ, you are a goddess and my new role model. Your knowledge is infinite. XX
I'm hardly a goddess...I'm just a TOQ, but thanks anyway, Sweetheart! You are a peach!
Gene Kelly is so good looking in this movie it makes me sick. And I say that as a 100% cis-normative XY heterosexual
Okay.
Just Watch The Movie ! It Is Fantastic ! WONDERFUL ! Gene Kelly Was A Showman Like The Ringling Brothers Or Ziegfeld ? It's Just To Bad That He Worked With Streisand Directing "Hello Dolly" Dolly Should Have Been Played By Bette Davis With Fred Astaire As Horace Vandergelder. With Gene Kelly As Cornelius, Cyd Charisse As Irene Malloy !
And Jerry Mathers as "The Beaver". LOL!
Dont call me lazy! LOL Beard looks SEXEEEEE! LOve Steve and his reviews! xo
TOQ's style sure is rubbing off on Johnny
I'll warn him.
I love this film, except for the Las Vegas number section near the end. It’s loooong and not interesting at all to me. I wish they had replaced it with a bit where the studio or producer or director (without our heroes’ knowledge of course) has a couple of funny goons try to kidnap Lamont so she can’t be at the premier. Of course she thinks they are just over eager fans and the comedy hijinks ensue.
At the risk of a tar-and-feathering I'm gonna have to admit this movie is NOT one of my favorites and I find it very over rated. I'll have to chalk it up to too much Gene Kelly. I did find the detail attractive but the only time I felt entertained was when Hagen was on screen. O'Connor hammed it up (though the Make Em' Laugh number required it.)
BIG year for movies and if I had my choice I would have given the award to Moulin Rouge with The Quiet Man running a close second. Even the great High Noon had sub-par sets that looked like they were from some 50's western TV show.
Not me. I would have gone with "The Bad and the Beautiful". To each his own. LOL!
Frau Linkmeyer
OF COURSE you would do this oh so OVER popular title, as if needed anymore attention phrased upon it. Far more deserving lesser known musicals out there that need light shined on them. SINGING IN THE RAIN aint going any where. It's always going to be around and talked about and replayed again and again. How 'bout some more obscure titles?
He already did the lesser known 'Calamity Jane' so give him a break.
@@alondraperez-ramirez8363 Thank you and I love you.