Singin' in the Rain * FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction & commentary

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  @jamesa.romano8500 · 3 years ago

  Young Rita Moreno at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK1RzAzMAeQ&amp;t=140">2:20</a> - probably the last surviving major cast member of Singin in the Rain

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• SC

  @scottb3034 · 3 years ago

  Couldn&apos;t help but smile when you mentioned Leia/Padme&apos;s hair since Debbie Reynolds is Padme to Princess Leia&apos;s Carrie Fisher...aka mother. A happy coincidence.

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• GR

  @greypossum1 · 3 years ago

  Debbie Reynolds was 19 and had almost no experience dancing or singing when cast for this role. &nbsp;Reynolds was given three months to “learn to dance.” Three teachers would alternate giving her private lessons for up to eight hours a day. This was how she miraculously keeps up with Kelly and O’Connor, especially in the “Good Morning” number.

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• AN

  @anthonyvictor3034 · 3 years ago

  How they did the dances…Gene Kelly. Utter perfectionist. Not only did he dance in this he choreographed much of it. He did the rain sequence with a fever of 103 degrees.

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  @VonPatzy · 3 years ago

  She gets Princess Leia vibes 2 min before Princess Leila’s mom take the screen.<br><br>I love you Ashleigh.<br><br>Please watch Debbie Reynolds in “the unsinkable Molly Brown”.<br><br>More song, more dance, the Titanic happens, more sass, more red hair!

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• VI

  @victorsixtythree · 3 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK1RzAzMAeQ&amp;t=1470">24:30</a> - I believe in those scenes where Kathy is voicing the dialogue for Lina, the producers thought Debbie Reynolds had a bit too much Texas twang in her voice so it&apos;s actually Jean Hagen (who played Lina - and brilliantly!) voicing Debbie Reynolds who&apos;s voicing Lina.

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• JO

  @johnanderson5558 · 3 years ago (edited)

  “I’m having the best time. &nbsp;I’m having the best time. &nbsp;I’m continuing to have the best time.” -favorite Ashleigh response to Singing in the Rain.

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• TH

  @thereturningshadow · 3 years ago

  Ashleigh,<br>I think the Princess Leia vibes you were getting were actually coming from her mother, Debbie Reynolds, who played Kathy.

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• RO

  @ronbock8291 · 3 years ago

  Donald O’Connor’s performance in this movie is perfection. Man oh man he was great.

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• JA

  @jayeginn5963 · 3 years ago

  Another fun fact is that the actress who plays Lina Lamont&apos;s real singing and speaking voice is actually used for the soundmovie remake because Debbie Reynolds was just 18 years old and her voice was too high. In the looping sequence, Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds) is seen dubbing the dialogue for Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) because Lina&apos;s voice is shrill and screechy. However, it&apos;s not Reynolds who is speaking, it&apos;s Jean Hagen herself, who actually had a beautiful deep, rich voice. So you have Jean Hagen dubbing Debbie Reynolds dubbing Jean Hagen. And when Debbie is supposedly dubbing Jean&apos;s singing of &quot;Would You?&quot; the voice you hear singing actually belongs to Betty Noyes, who had a much richer singing voice than Debbie.

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• CA

  @carltonbakerii8274 · 3 years ago

  Adding to the history lesson about this movie (apologies to anyone above who&apos;s already mentioned this): This was Debbie Reynolds&apos; first &quot;big picture&quot; and she wasn&apos;t a dancer; she had a gymnastics background. She had to learn all the choreography before filming and spent grueling hours rehearsing. The first scene they shot, her first on-camera experience with Kelly and O&apos;Connor, was the &quot;Good Morning&quot; number. No pressure!

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  @JonS0107 · 3 years ago

  “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Some Like it Hot” are the two highest rated movie comedies of the 20th century according to professional critics.

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