Tag: Singin’ in the Rain

  • Did Alfred Hitchcock Direct This Aubrey Hepburn Classic?

    Did Alfred Hitchcock Direct This Aubrey Hepburn Classic?

    One of cinema’s most beloved stars, Audrey Hepburn, is best remembered for her romantic roles in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Roman Holiday, but the screen icon also collaborated with the legendary filmmaker behind Singin’ in the Rain, Stanley Donen, on three separate occasions. Donen first worked with Hepburn in 1957’s Funny Face, a musical that…

  • 10 Best Gene Kelly Movies That Are Not Musicals

    10 Best Gene Kelly Movies That Are Not Musicals

    Hollywood icon, Gene Kelly, was a legendary triple-threat who is remembered for his classic musicals including Anchors Aweigh, An American in Paris, and his most famous, Singin’ in the Rain. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kelly made his film debut with Judy Garland in the 1942 movie, For Me and My Gal and gained notoriety for…

  • Shooting In Color Caused Some Problems Behind The Scenes Of Singin’ In The Rain

    Shooting In Color Caused Some Problems Behind The Scenes Of Singin’ In The Rain

    Stanley Donen’s 1952 film “Singin’ in the Rain,” starring Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor, and the obnoxiously chipper Gene Kelly, was once held up in the pages of /Film as the Platonic ideal of movie musicals. It is a certainly a dance showcase of the highest order, and an unapologetic Hollywood nostalgia piece. Silent films are…

  • ‘Yellow Cat’ Review: A Movie-Obsessed Ex-Con Brings Cinema to the ‘Badlands’ of Kazakhstan

    ‘Yellow Cat’ Review: A Movie-Obsessed Ex-Con Brings Cinema to the ‘Badlands’ of Kazakhstan

    Under a lowering sky, in front of a makeshift movie screen hastily erected on a Kazakh hillside, a loose-limbed, unkempt young man performs a shambolically graceful version of Gene Kelly’s “Singin’ in the Rain” for an audience of one rapt viewer. This scene is Adhilkan Yerzhanov’s “Yellow Cat” in miniature: a film that apes its…

  • Remembering Celebrities Who Died in 2019

    Remembering Celebrities Who Died in 2019

    The man inside the yellow Big Bird suit; TV’s Rhoda; and a “Beverly Hills 90210” heartthrob are just a few of the beloved entertainment figures who died in 2019. Here are some of the unforgettable stars and creators of movies, TV and music who we lost this year.MoviesSeveral notable directors died in 2019, including pioneering…