SINGIN IN THE RAIN | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

Fun Fact: Debbie Reynolds was just 19 when she did this film - the same age her daughter Carrie Fisher was when she did Star Wars!

You said, "Kathy was darling. What else was she in?" News flash: she became a HUGE star, and was in movies the rest of her life. She is Carrie Fisher's mother.

Donald O'Connor steals the show with the iconic Make the Laugh one of the greatest scenes in classic Hollywood

Your face when Lena first started speaking is PRICELESS--and I'm sure it's the exact same face millions of us first made the first time we heard her speak, too.

Debbie Reynolds was only 18 when they filmed this movie. She said that by the end of shooting the Good Morning number that her feet were bleeding. And what can you say about Cyd Charisse!!! She had to smoke a cigarette during her number, but she had never smoked in her life. So they took a few hours for her to learn to smoke. She did the number, and she said she never smoked again. What an elegant, and lovely lady Cyd was!

Quintessential example of "movie magic". This is a 10/10 picture. The acting, the singing, and of course, the dancing. Timeless.

The incredible thing about the dancing in the rain number is that Gene Kelly was SICK, with a temp of over 101, I believe, when it was filmed. What a trooper. Love this film!!!

This is why there was a golden Hollywood period. Large casts, real sets, no CGI and fantastic singing and dancing talent.

The "Make em laugh" routine put Donald O'Conner in the hospital. He was treated for exhaustion. He was one hell-of-a entertainer.

*_The Jazz Singer_* (1927) was the first "talkie" and musical moving picture. This movie, Singing in the Rain is a 1951 movie and needs to be added to your 1950s Movie Reactions playlist. I first checked there, and it wasn't included, but needs to be. :) Since you liked Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor in this movie, you should see all of the movies they were in through the 1940s and onward. They both did fabulously, being the great dancers and comedic artists that they were.