Film

Singin' in the Rain 1952

Directed by Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly

  • Comedy, Romance
  • 103 min
  • G

What a Glorious Feeling!

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.

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Nostalgic, warm, resolved and meticulous.

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  • warmbleak
  • resolvedopen-ended
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  • classical in formformally daring

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