Hey everyone hope you enjoyed the reaction! See you next for Peter Pan and Madagascar!!

This is one of many films that I truly consider a ‘timeless must-see’ regardless of how old it is. Just a lovely time.

"Kathy", is Carrie Fisher's mother, Debbie Reynolds. She had never danced professionally before this movie. She was 19 years old, and her feet were bleeding by the time they finished filming the "Good Morning" scene. Actress, Jean Hagen (Lina Lamont) put on the atrocious voice, and was actually the voice used when Kathy recorded Lina's speaking and singing parts. So Jean was actually dubbing "Kathy" when "Kathy" was dubbing Lina!

The film is about the transition from silent movies to talkies. There is also a lot of truth in the movie in that some actors could not make the transition to speaking roles. Many silent film stars had the right look and could pantomime the actions they needed to depict, but once talking movies came into being their careers were finished. They either just couldn't act out speaking roles, or some, like the woman in this film, just had terrible speaking voices.

When Gene Kelly passed, in place of a eulogy, the news stations just played his Singing in the Rain number all the way through.

The main reason why those dance numbers is so good is that the filmmakers trusted the audience to not need all the frantic cutting between shots that you get all the time these days. They just pointed the cameras at these extraordinary performers and let them demonstrate how good they were

The comedy in this film is excellently done. Gene Kelly and Donald O'connor are a fantastic dance pairing. Debbie Reynolds just shines in this too, brilliant casting. It was sad that when her daughter passed (Carrie Fisher, you know her as Princess Leia), She died the very next day.

My sister and I STILL jokingly do the "No no NO!" *high pitch* "Yes yes YES" *low pitch* thing at 32:20 -- we thought it was hilarious as kids and we still do lmao

Cats Don't Dance!! You should definitely do that one! Gene Kelly choreographed the film and it was his last project. The whole film is basically a big love letter to old Hollywood and specifically Singin in the Rain (it even has a parody of the poster in the credits). Also some of the best animation I've ever seen in a non-Disney movie...

Don't know if anyone else clarified this for you, but the song "Singin' in the Rain" didn't originate from this movie (though this is the most famous version). Most of the songs in this movie were pre-existing songs written for other movie musicals from the 1920s-'30s. The song "Singin' in the Rain" originally appeared in one of the very first sound movies in 1929.

1:42 -- And that, ladies and gentlemen, is young Rita Moreno as Zelda Zanders, who at 90 years old is STILL kicking ass and taking names, most recently on Netflix's One Day at a Time and in the new West Side Story (the remake of the film for which she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, the first Latina to do so).

when they sign "singing in the rain" and pull the curtain rope, it makes everyone watching feel so giddy, such a happy ending.

Fun Fact: This was one of the original 25 films selected for preservation by the national film registry.

THIS. IS. MY. CHILDHOOD. Even if a stage version of this wouldn't happen for decades, Singin' In The Rain is such a classic and a staple of the musical genre. This is one that me and my family would watch every year and one my mom (who is a music teacher) shows to her students also every year. Don Lockwood's actor, Gene Kelly, is such a staple of older films. He was what one would references as a real "triple threat" (not really a threat; it just means he could sing, dance, AND act...which is something not as many can do anymore). He has such a collection of credits in practically every medium of the times from film to stage to even radio. Cosmo's actor, Donald O'Connor, was also a staple of films at the time (mostly for his comedic flair). He had a string of films involving a talking mule named Francis (in which Don had to play the straight/serious role to help convince people that the mule could talk) and even had his own show. (He was also known to be quite a smoker and the "Make 'Em Laugh" song in particular took quite a toll on him.) And Kathy Selden's actress, the lovely Debbie Reynolds, was a real shining star in the cinema starlight. While she had done some other things prior to this film, Singin' In The Rain was the film that really put her in the spotlight. And, along with being in many films, radio shows, and musicals/cabarets, she's also the mother of Carrie Fisher (whom you might know as Princess/General Leia in the Star Wars franchise).

A bit of context for the section from 42:45 - 43:15: During the pre-Depression era, when this movie takes place, revue-type variety shows were popular, and they were classified into three primary tiers. Burlesque, Vaudeville, and Follies were those tiers in order from the lowest to the highest brow. That segment is supposed to be a montage showing Gene Kelly's character in the movie-within-a-movie working his way up the ranks of the theater world. Hence, this is why the outfits that he and his chorus girls wear get progressively nicer and why the overall appearance of the act looks progressively more dignified. The theater names shown in that montage were the names of actual theaters in New York famous for staging shows in each of those three tiers when this movie takes place.

This movie made me go back and watch so many of the classic musicals!

Other trivia; Donald O'Connor who played Cosmo really did get his start in variety acts like their characters in the film; he basically came from a performing vaudeville family. That's where all of his physicality comes from, and led to him being quite skilled in all sorts of areas of performance. I think it was his brother who helped him with the backflips off the wall for Make 'Em Laugh.

Oh my…! I would have never imagined that you would react to this amazing musical! 😍 I love how the movie shows part from cinema story and how they started to dub in films. As a person who went to dubbing classes, this film was an incredible discovery! 😊👍🏼

There was a day I got so sick with the flu when I was in college, and on a whim decided to jump into this movie. And it just brightened my entire mood like I couldn't believe! I was blazing through a lot of Old Hollywood films at the time, and Singin' in the Rain really held a special magic; I just felt absolute joy, despite my sickened state. 😊

🌧 The most iconic scene in the history of cinematography 🚏🕺🏻🌂

It was actually tragically common for a long time in Hollywood to dub songs and not credit the people, especially the women, who actually sang. In this movie, for example, Cathy's singing voice is actually Lina's actress singing. Ironic

8:43 I love seeing peoples reaction when they hear Lina's voice for the first time. You wait a few years between watching the movie and it still makes you jump.

This and The Sound of Music are my all-time favorite musicals.

Having singers dub over actors' performances is quite common; still happens e.g. 'Never Enough' in The Greatest Showman. Notably this film itself does the same thing. There's using Jean Hagen's voice which other commenters have mentioned, but they also used a real 'ghost singer', Betty Noyes. You'll know her as the one who sang 'Baby Mine' in Dumbo.

The Court Jester, with Danny Kaye! A comedy of errors, adventure, with a dash of musical!

Brigadoon is another good Gene Kelly movie. Cyd Charisse (the girl in the green dress) is also in that movie. Beautiful music and cinematography. While filming the song Singin in the Rain Gene Kelly had a high fever but he was a perfectionist and did it anyway

This movie is such an integral part of my childhood. My late grandfather taught me this style of tap dancing and the movie is a family favourite. It’s so important to me that I can’t cope if someone doesn’t like it. I knew it was in safe hands with you, thank you so much Nick

Nick, I love how excited you get when you watch these movies. It reminds me how I felt the first time I saw them. Love watching you.☺

This movie is the reason I, as a kid, danced in the rain (specifically splashing in puddles) with my umbrella. Still do, 'cause who wants to get old?

Gene Kelly will be forever remembered, if for one thing, for the Singing in the Rain dance routine he did for this movie...you have no concept as a newcomer that it's a classic and iconic of ALL movie musicals. He takes a childhood action we all did in the rain, splashing and jumping in our boots in the rain puddles, walking home from school, and turns it in to an unforgettable masterpiece. Amazing. He was sick as hell with the flu when he did this for the camera, 103 degree temperature. You show this one scene to little kids in elementary school and they laugh and think it is so cool what he did, and they love the song. At that age there is no preconceived brainwashed notion what a musical should be...it is pure joy.

When she pops out of the cake it’s so funny. The fact that she was telling him she was a stage actress and that he wasn’t a real actor and she turned out to be the equivalent of a stripper is just so funny to me

In silent movies they did actually use panels to show what the actors were saying. Also they mentioned The Jazz Singer and it's true, it IS the first "talking picture" in cinema and it did explode in popularity overnight. Donald O'Connor (Cosmo) actually had to take a day off after doing one continuous take of "Make Them Laugh" due to pure exhaustion. But then he had to do it again because the first take didn't get filmed correctly. The poor guy!

I enjoyed sharing this movie with you SO much !….thank you…..Your enjoyment and interest is infectious 👍🤗

After this, I highly recommend The Music Man, Rocky Horror Picture Show, and my personal favorite, Little Shop of Horrors

Damn this just came out, this is actually a really good movie.

The Artist (2011) is also worth seeing🎬

I sing the "Good Morning, Good Morning" song, every morning to my cat. 💙

🤩 no way!! Im so excited! 😁 this os an INTEGRAL part of cinema history

This is one of my favorite movies! My mom watched a lot of TCM so I would get sucked into watching these old films lol. My bf still hasn’t seen it, but we plan to watch it soon. The scene where Gene Kelly was singing in the rain, he was actually running a high fever. I can’t even imagine singing and dancing while being so sick. It’s interesting this film actually flopped when it came out. Now so many love it!

I haven't watched it yet, or looked at the comments, but YES!! My all time favorite movie, I grew up watching it with my parents, and it is what made me fall in love with musicals and old movies. If you enjoy this Nick, I highly recommend "Holiday Inn" and "White Christmas"

Ahhhh I love Singin' in the Rain! As a kid, I enjoyed this film, but as an adult, I really dearly love it. It's just the complete embodiment of fun, and the humor hits hard. I love watching Lena do literally anything. Her entire attitude is just so funny--even when she's whole-heartedly embracing her antagonist role. There are moments where the movie takes a brief vacation from the plot to veer off into the strange, and sometimes absurd, musical numbers where I just can't help but give it all of my attention ("Gotta Dance" specifically). I know it's not for everyone, but Singin' in the Rain is just such a weird fun masterpiece.

Debbie Reynolds who plays Kathy, was mother to Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in Star Wars. And they both died a few years ago within days of each other

Here's a fun fact: water didn't show up well on the dark set, so for the titular--iconic--number, Gene Kelly was singing in the milk. In a wool suit.

Gene Kelly performed the title song while suffering from a 104 degree fever.

I remember I first saw this movie with my mom when I was around 6 and I fell in love with it!

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Fun fact about the song “Make ‘Em Laugh” Donald o Connor (cosmo) was an avid smoker so after doing this number he had to stay in bed for 3 days cause he got sick. Unfortunately the footage got destroyed so they had to do another take!

Nick, Lots of us, including me, are wondering are you going to react to “Tick…Tick…BOOM?”. It’s stars Andrew Garfield, and his singing in that Netflix movie is Phenomenal! No joke and no lie.

Next - "Some like it hot!" with Marylin Monroe 😃

Any movie with Gene Kelly dancing is spectacular. He was a terrific dancer and choreographer.

OMG I lowkey can't believe you actually reacted to this movie, but I love it! I feel like Donald O'Connor is so underrated, but its definitely a classic.

For one of the art courses I took for graphic design/animation I had to choose a sequence to recreate for story boarding, and idk why but this movie popped into my head, and it was the best projects I’ve ever done. Film is universal and this one as well! Also LOVE the reaction and I love being a subscriber 😅

jean hagen, who plays lina lamont in the film, was nominated for the oscar for best supporting actress that year. it's a terrific comedic performance.

the girl who's car he jumps in is Debbie Reynolds. SHe is Carrie Fusher's motehr. Carrie Fsher is Princess Leia from Star wars. so the woman in the car is Princese Liea's mother

After hearing this song in A Clockwork Orange, I’ll never think of it the same way again!

So, my local theatre company is doing this show for it's main musical this summer, and it was super nice to see you react to this! My callback for it was just yesterday, and the cast list comes out Sunday. Super excited!

I love Cyd Charisse in this! She and that slinky green dress have amazing chemistry with Gene Kelly, and their first dance is one of the sexiest ever, imo.

"Singin' in the Rain" is from the movie The Hollywood Revue of 1929 .

This is one of my favorite movies. I'm so glad you enjoyed watching it too!

Here's some trivia: when they were dubbing over Lena's voice the voice is actually Jean Hagens(lena) real voice.

Singing in the Rain, An American in Paris, and White Christmas were my favorite musicals growing up. I still sing "Singing in the Rain" and "Would You" to myself as an adult.

I don’t think anyone else mentioned this, so “Make Em Laugh” was a rewrite of a song from another Gene Kelly movie, The Pirate. The song in that one was called “Be A Clown”. That movie is one of my favourite Judy Garland ones too.

Wow! This is right up there in my top favourite movies. Thanks so much for reviewing this and posting today, in the midst of the stuff going on in the world right now this has lifted my spirits and taken my mind off things for a little while. 🌷

Just about to settle down and watch this. I have a feeling you're going to love it 😁 Edit: I loved your reaction to the violins at 4:17, and how excited you were when Lina made her speech at the end. Glad you enjoyed it! I can remember when I first watched this; I was unwell, and couldn't sleep, so I decided to give it a go as I love musicals. I could not contain my laughter when Lina first spoke, and during Donald O'Connor's performance of "Make 'Em Laugh".

Always loved that film. Watching that with you was a lot of fun *Nick!*

Fun Fact... at 39:48 ..... The voice singing the song With You actually belongs to the actress that played Lena.

This is one of those movies that ALWAYS manages to put you in a good mood no matter how many times you watch it!

this has been my favorite movie literally my entire life. it's one of my aunt's favorites (she has a giant poster of it in her house) and she had it at home when I was a kid, so I watched it for the first time when I was about 4 and knew absolutely 0 English (I'm swedish), but everything about it just made me fall in love with it, and I haven't stopped loving it since. there's a lot of facts about this movie that are so interesting, like how Donald O'Connor (cosmo) had to be hospitalized after doing the make 'em laugh number because of how physically taxing it was and he was smoking several packs of cigarettes a day at that point, or how gene Kelly in general basically revolutionized the way movie musicals were made and how much energy he poured into creating all the dance numbers, which are always incredible in all his films

Donald O'Connor, Cosmo, is one of my all time favorite actors. I've seen just about every movie he was in that I could get my hands on. His comedic timing is perfect not to mention how good of a dancer he is. I admit to having a huge crush on him lol

IT'S TIME TO SIGN IN THE RAIN!!

This early "talking picture" would have been filmed in "black and white". That's why the costumes were such crazy colors. Those colors look more vivid when reproduced in a black and white medium.

One of the greatest singers who was dubbed for famous stars was Marnie Nixon. She was given a part of a Nun in The Sound of Music So she could dub a couple of the actors in that film, plus many more

Fun fact, a year later the movie "I love Melvin" was realeased, for those people who ship Cathy and Cosmo, and tbh I like it as well, but not as much as this one.

Oh Nick, you have to watch a few early talkie movies, then you'll understand what's going on. The sets on those movies were enormous, with lots of pretty girls dancing and stuff. ^_^

The Singin' in the Rain number was shot on an outdoor set during the day. They hung heavy black tarps to make it night. Crews jackhammered holes into the pavement to make puddles. It was shot during the hottest days of summer and at times there wasn't enough water pressure for the rain.

This movie is an absolute favorite of mine 😁😁😁😁

Good Morning is my favorite part of this movie.

Did anyone catch that the girl in the singing & dancing number "Good Morning" that she's wearing what looks like a 20's female version of Quick Sliver? lol

Love this one. Watched it as a kid when I was home sick

Gene keenly actually spent a week in hospital after doing the dancing in the rain scenes …he was really really Ill with a fever

FUN FACT: The guy singing Make 'em Laugh, Donald O'Connor, was a terrible chain-smoker. After performing it, he was bedridden for days. Unfortunately, the footage ended up lost and he had to perform the scene all over again.

This is my absolutely favorite musical! I'm so happy you reacted to this one!!! Gene Kelly is my favorite actor, and I can't even explain how much I adore all of his movies!!

I haven’t watched the video yet, was just bored and scrolling through my subscriptions and then I saw this, bolted upright and screeched out loud “oh my god! He’s watching it! He’s watching Singin in the Rain!” 😂 this is one of my all time favorite movies, can’t wait to see what you think!

This movie was so good I could even get my kids to watch. It is one of my daughter’s favorites.

Make 'Em Laugh is such a great number. I had such a crush on Donald O'Connor.

The issue with a lot of silent film actors making the transition to talkies wasn't usually their voice on its own, it's more to do with the style of acting was entirely different. With silent films you almost act like a mime, since you can't rely on dialogue to get your point across when you only have the odd subtitle card here and there. With sound actors became much more subtle. I highly recommend The Artist which also covers the same time period. It's interesting because it's mostly a silent movie too, but due to artistic reasons rather than technical limitations.

I mean they have singers dubbing over the actors all the time in Bollywood but people go into the movies expecting this - like one singer could do the singing for 40 movies. My guess is that it's all part of the illusion of cinema, all tricks, all wonderful in the sense that it's all over the top and everyone is coming together to make a movie. But my point is that people know that, and that both the actors and the singers get their credit for it..

The talent in this movie is mind-boggling.

This is my favorite musical that we watched in middle school choir class. Wonderful musical!

The female singing good morning is Carrie Fisher's mom. When Carrie Fisher died Debbie Reynolds was so heartbroken arranging her daughters funeral she died a day after her.

Cyd Charisse (pronounced Sid Sha-reese) was totally hot in that green dress, and this was filmed only a few weeks after she gave birth.

Fun Fact: Debbie Reynolds, the actress playing Kathy in this, was Carrie Fisher's mother INRL.

Musicals are one of my favorite film genres, and this is one of my all-time favorite musicals. To me, Singing In The Rain is an absolute masterpiece! A+, 10/10 in my book! :) I watched it once a couple years ago, and I saw it a couple of times as a kid.

This is my favorite musical!!! Thank you, Nick!!!

Loved your reaction. Wonderful, talented dancers and singers. Great plot twists-Classic movie!

It's only while watching this reaction did I realize how many songs my parents sang to me as a kid came from this movie.

At 42:00 and 44:00, enters Hollywood's most beautiful, talented, athletic, and graceful dancer...Cyd Charisse! She was asked by Gene to come in and do this Broadway Melody scene. Debbie was okay, but not at the level of Cyd in dancing. Cyd had a short but memorable role in the movie. She just had a baby a few months earlier and also missed out on another Gene Kelly movie, "An American in Paris", due to her pregnancy. The censors were carefully observing Cyd as she wore some skimpy outfits (for that time) that would not be put in the movie.

Oh gosh this was the musical i first watched at 7 that made me adore musicals

Yes, silent films had words on screen.

The part with all the dresses was supposed to be a fashion show/commercial, with the added talking and song to help sell the styles shown.😄