Best of the Big Screen!
Tuesday, November 29th at 7 PM
70th Anniversary Celebration! New digital
restoration!
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
Introduction by Philip Harwood
Members $10 | Public $15
On a short list of the greatest screen musicals ever
made, Singin’ in the Rain began with legendary MGM
producer Arthur Freed giving screenwriters Betty
Comden and Adolph Green a stack of songs he’d written early in his
career (with partner Nacio Herb Brown) – including “Broadway
Melody,” “You Are My Lucky Star” and the title song – with the
simple request to weave a story around the numbers. What emerged was a sublime
marriage of song and dance, innocence and nostalgia, heart-tugging romance and
surreal comedy (especially in co-star Donald O’Connor’s
show-stopping “Make ’Em Laugh” routine). Co-director Gene Kelly shines
as silent-movie idol Don Lockwood, whose career (and leading lady, hilariously
played by Jean Hagen) is imperiled by the coming of sound – until
he hooks up with lovely ingenue Debbie Reynolds. The brilliant
supporting cast includes Millard Mitchell, Douglas Fowley and
the great Cyd Charisse, whose long-legged “Broadway Melody” ballet
with Kelly nearly steals the show! (USA, 1952, 103 min., Color, DCP | Dir.
Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly)
