Product Details

• Actors: Donald O'Connor Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds
• Format: Dolby, Digital Sound, Full Screen, Import
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Korean
• Region: All Regions
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0011FYJYG
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #74,941 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

In 1927, the former stunt Don Lockwood becomes a successful actor with the company of his best friend Cosmo Brown forming a romantic pair with the actress Lina Lamont. In the period of transition from silent movies to talking pictures, Don accidentally meets the aspirant actress Kathy Selden while escaping from his fans and fall in love for her. Lina has troubles with the sharp tune of her voice, and Cosmo and Don decides to dub her, using Kathy's voice, to save their movie. When the jealous Lina finds the strategy of the studio, she does not want to share the credits with Kathy and tries to force the studio to use Kathy in the shadow to dub her in other productions. But when Lina decides to speech and sing to the audience, the truth arises.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable and Plesant, June 20, 2008

By	Bradley Headstone "Sean ARES Hirsch" (New York) - See all my reviews

For those of you who don't know the story, it is an interesting movie that revolves around the transition from silent films to talking films. A previous reviewer put it quite well when he said that while the movie makes fun of the silent film era, it also shows a respectful nostalgia towards it.

Gene Kelly seems to have made an art out of covering his coincidental rise to fame with a single word: "Dignity." Gene Kelly works with Lena who is beautiful enough for silent films. But her unrefined voice makes us aware that she will have a problem if movies go to sound.

Gene Kelly later runs into Debby Reynolds. Their first meeting ends in a hilarious argument. If we know romances, we can sense that they will end up together. They later meet, and Kelly realizes that Reynolds is 'not so far above him.' But he is moved with compassion. (Perhaps due to his difficult past, he sees a parallel.)

Later, we see that movies are going to sound. While this presents difficulties to all, Lena will have the most problems if she wants to keep her job. The only weak link here is that I don't like how Lena is often made the object of scorn. (All she really wants is to keep her job.) She's no saint to be sure, but is she really so bad for wanting to keep her job?

Moving on, reynolds and Kelly meet again, and they begin working on a project together. We can see that the transition from silent films to talking films was not so easy. An especially hilarious moment is the miserable failure of the screen test (topped off by the sound going out of timing).

But Reynolds and Kelly (former enemies) work together and find a way to save the movie. One thing that makes this movie so great is the harmonious mixture of speaking parts, singing, and dancing.

One comical character worth mentioning is R.F. He gets a tad hypocritical: "Trust me, talking pictures will never amount to anything. They'll lose their shirts." Later, he says: "I told you talking pictures were a menace, but no one would listen."

In many ways, this film is a great treasure.

5.0 out of 5 stars Singin In the Rain, September 4, 2009

By	Edward Green (Vancouver, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This has always been a favorite movie of our family but we didn't own it. We bought it to share with the family. It is clean and entertaining. It is a classic, fun movie.

5.0 out of 5 stars Singin' In The Rain, April 24, 2009

By	Merilee Reske (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this movie as a gift for my parents, and watched it with them. We thoroughly enjoyed it, as we love musicals! Thank you!