Singin' in the Rain
For this screening, the lighting and sound are adjusted to create a calm, safe, and inclusive environment. Viewers are free to move, express themselves, and interact as they wish. Whether you're attending alone, with friends, or with family, our relaxed screenings offer a friendly and accessible cinematic experience for everyone, especially neuroatypical people and those with newborn babies.
A silent film production company and its actors make a difficult transition to talking pictures.
Stanley Donen
Stanley Donen was an American film director and choreographer. Donen began his career as a dancer in the chorus line on Broadway for director George Abbott. From 1943, he worked in Hollywood as a choreographer before collaborating with Gene Kelly where Donen worked as a contract director for MGM under producer** Arthur Freed**. Together, they directed the films On the Town (1949), Singin' in the Rain, and It's Always Fair Weather (1955). With a filmography of around thirty films, Stanley Donen left a significant mark on American cinema. He particularly made an impression with his crime comedy, Charade (1963). He received the Honorary Academy Award in 1998.
Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly was an American actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker, choreographer, and producer. Along with Fred Astaire, he is probably the most influential male figure of the Hollywood musical in the 1950s. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the general public, which he called "dance for the common man". His name is attached to several classics of the genre, such as The Pirate (1948), An American in Paris (1951), and Brigadoon (1954) by Vincente Minnelli, as well as On the Town (1949) and Singin’ in the Rain (1952), which he co-directed with Stanley Donen. He can also be seen in Les Girls (1957) by George Cukor and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) by Jacques Demy. He later directed several films, including the musical Hello, Dolly! (1969) starring Barbra Streisand. His innovations transformed the Hollywood musical, and he is credited with almost single-handedly making the ballet form commercially acceptable to film audiences.
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Singin' in the Rain review – simply splashing
To some extent, cinema’s crisis of self-doubt is part of what drives this incredible film. Kathy Selden, played by Debbie Reynolds, is the wannabe actor and stern ingénue who lectures Gene Kelly’s genially complacent silent movie star Don Lockwood about the superiority of the legitimate theatre over the movies when they meet-cute. Nobody really believes that – not even Kathy...
