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Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds, and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Rita Moreno and Cyd Charisse in supporting roles.
Music Awards. An American in Paris / A Place in the Sun / Here Comes the Groom. Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin, Franz Waxman, Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael.
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Singin’ in the Rain, American musical comedy film, released in 1952, that was a reunion project for the American in Paris directorial team of Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, who was also the films’ star. Singin’ in the Rain emerged as a classic, considered by many to be the greatest Hollywood musical ever made.
Writers Adolph Green and Betty Comden discovered that MGM had a cache of many wonderful but unheralded songs featured in the studio’s films from the early sound era. This inspired them to use these tunes as the basis of a screenplay about the trials and tribulations endured by people in the film industry when sound was introduced, a process that made plenty of new stars while destroying many established ones. Kelly portrayed a studio star who falls in love with an aspiring actress, played by Debbie Reynolds. Her lovely voice wins her a place opposite him in the new “talkie” films, pushing aside his screechy-toned leading lady, played by Jean Hagen.
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•Studio: MGM
•Directors: Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
•Writers: Adolph Green and Betty Comden
•Music: Nacio Herb Brown and Lennie Hayton
•Gene Kelly (Don Lockwood)
•Donald O’Connor (Cosmo Brown)
•Debbie Reynolds (Kathy Selden)
•Jean Hagen (Lina Lamont)
•Millard Mitchell (R.F. Simpson)
•Cyd Charisse (Dancer)
- Lee Pfeiffer
The 24th Academy Awards were held on March 20, 1952, honoring the films of 1951. The ceremony was hosted by Danny Kaye. An American in Paris and A Place in the Sun each received six Oscars, splitting Best Picture and Best Director, respectively. A Streetcar Named Desire won four Oscars, including three of the four acting awards for which it was ...
Best Motion PictureBest DirectorAn American in Paris – Arthur Freed for ...George Stevens – A Place in the Sun ‡ ...Humphrey Bogart – The African Queen as ...Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire ...Karl Malden – A Streetcar Named Desire as ...Kim Hunter – A Streetcar Named Desire as ...An American in Paris – Alan Jay Lerner ‡ ...A Place in the Sun – Michael Wilson and ...Jean Hagen was nominated for the 1952 “Best Supporting Actress” Academy Award for “Singin’ in the Rain”, and Lennie Hayton was nominated for “Best Scoring of a Musical Picture”. Neither person won an Oscar.
- Lennie Hayton
- Arthur Freed (lyrics)Nacio Herb Brown (music)
- Gene Kelly
- Adolph Green & Betty Comden
It is the theme song of the 1952 multiple Academy Award-winning movie High Noon (and titled onscreen as such in the film's opening credits as sung by popular country music singer and actor Tex Ritter), with its tune repeated throughout the film.
May 5, 2016 · 1952 - Best Original Song. The nominees were... "Because You're Mine," Because You're Mine. "Thumbelina," Hans Christian Andersen. "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, On My Darlin')," High Noon. "Zing a Little Zong," Just for You. "Am I in Love," Son of Paleface.
