I don’t like musicals which I find strange as I love music so much; however, I love the movie Singing in the Rain, and I could watch Gene Kelly sing and dance this song over and over.
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Arthur Freed was originally inspired to write the lyrics for this when he saw from his Seattle sheet music shop a man saturated by rain dancing past his shop window. Nacio Herb Brown wrote the music to this. It debuted in one of the first musical sound films, Hollywood Revue 1929, in which Cliff Edwards performed the song. Some years later, Arthur Freed, now a producer for MGM, wanted to increase the revenue from his old lyrics so he commissioned Betty Comden and Adolphe Green to construct a musical around his songs, which became the film Singin’ In The Rain. Gene Kelly, who was sick with a cold, performed this famous rain drenched dance number in the movie over 2 days while struggling with a fever of 103 degrees. The rain was made up of a blend of water and milk to make sure it showed up on camera.
sblake,
I think it so very cool that a man was dancing in the rain and inspired this. I don’t even know that man and I like him a whole lot.
I didn’t realize the song was that old. I thought it was new to the movie. I knew about the water and milk, but I didn’t realize Gene was so sick when he filled this. During the whole song, he looks joyous.
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July 16, 2011 at 11:47 am
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July 16, 2011 at 6:11 pm
Arthur Freed was originally inspired to write the lyrics for this when he saw from his Seattle sheet music shop a man saturated by rain dancing past his shop window. Nacio Herb Brown wrote the music to this. It debuted in one of the first musical sound films, Hollywood Revue 1929, in which Cliff Edwards performed the song. Some years later, Arthur Freed, now a producer for MGM, wanted to increase the revenue from his old lyrics so he commissioned Betty Comden and Adolphe Green to construct a musical around his songs, which became the film Singin’ In The Rain. Gene Kelly, who was sick with a cold, performed this famous rain drenched dance number in the movie over 2 days while struggling with a fever of 103 degrees. The rain was made up of a blend of water and milk to make sure it showed up on camera.
July 17, 2011 at 1:01 am
sblake,
I think it so very cool that a man was dancing in the rain and inspired this. I don’t even know that man and I like him a whole lot.
I didn’t realize the song was that old. I thought it was new to the movie. I knew about the water and milk, but I didn’t realize Gene was so sick when he filled this. During the whole song, he looks joyous.