A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 8 wins & 9 nominations total
Dawn Addams
- Teresa - a Lady-in-Waiting
- (uncredited)
John Albright
- Call Boy
- (uncredited)
Bebe Allen
- Chorus Girl
- (uncredited)
Sue Allen
- Chorus Girl
- (uncredited)
John Angelo
- Dancer
- (uncredited)
Marie Ardell
- Chorus Girl
- (uncredited)
David Bair
- Chorus Boy
- (uncredited)
Jane Bateman
- Chorus Girl
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Bates
- Boy
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFor the "Make 'em Laugh" number, Donald O'Connor revived a trick he had done as a young dancer: running up a wall and completing a somersault. The number was so physically taxing that O'Connor ended up in a hospital bed for a week after its completion. He suffered from exhaustion and carpet burns. After an accident ruined all of the initial footage, O'Connor agreed to do the difficult number all over again.
- GoofsDuring the Cyd Charisse nightclub dance number, when she's wrapped around Gene Kelly, her body completely changes position between frames due to a clumsy edit. According to commentary on the special edition DVD, this cut of only a few frames' duration dates back to the original release of the film and no one knows why it exists.
- Quotes
Cosmo Brown: Lina. She can't act, she can't sing, she can't dance. A triple threat.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Three Musketeers (1948)
- SoundtracksFit as a Fiddle
(1932)
Music by Al Hoffman (uncredited) and Al Goodhart (uncredited)
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Originally from the 1932 stage revue "George White's Music Hall Varieties"
Sung by Gene Kelly (uncredited) and Donald O'Connor (uncredited)
Featured review
Last year I was very lucky to catch this on the big screen. This film is meant to be seen on the big screen! It was also the first time I saw it at the theaters and I was very impressed with the visuals.
In this film movies are switching over from being silent to being "talkies". However the film is a spoof of the turmoil that afflicted the movie industry in the late 1920s when movies when the change over went from silent to sound. When two silent movie stars', Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont, latest movie is made into a musical a chorus girl is brought in to dub Lina's speaking and singing. Don is on top of the world until Lina finds out.
This is such a great film that if you ever get the chance to see this at the movies then DO IT.
Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds made an awesome team.
In this film movies are switching over from being silent to being "talkies". However the film is a spoof of the turmoil that afflicted the movie industry in the late 1920s when movies when the change over went from silent to sound. When two silent movie stars', Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont, latest movie is made into a musical a chorus girl is brought in to dub Lina's speaking and singing. Don is on top of the world until Lina finds out.
This is such a great film that if you ever get the chance to see this at the movies then DO IT.
Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds made an awesome team.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Cantando bajo la lluvia
- Filming locations
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(New York City Streets)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,540,800 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,884,537
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,643
- Nov 10, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $2,092,468
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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