Singin' in the Rain (1952)






In 1927, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a famous on-screen romantic pair. Lina, however, mistakes the on-screen romance for real love. Don has worked hard to get where he is today, with his former partner Cosmo. When Don and Lina's latest film is transformed into a musical, Don has the perfect voice for the songs. But Lina - well, even with the best efforts of a diction coach, they still decide to dub over her voice. Kathy Selden is brought in, an aspiring actress, and while she is working on the movie, Don falls in love with her. Will Kathy continue to "aspire", or will she get the break she deserves?


Books on Singin' in the Rain

Earl J. Hess and Pratibha A. Dabholkar
Singin' in the rain, The making of an American masterpiece
Lawrence, Kan., 2009

Peter Wollen
Singin' in the Rain
London, 1992

Books with substantial mentioning of Singin' in the Rain

Paul Verhoeven, Rob van Scheers
Meer Verhoeven, Op stap door de filmgeschiedenis met Paul Verhoeven
Amsterdam, 2014

Don Tyler
The Great Movie Musicals
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2010
pp. 269-272 info

John White and Sabine Haenni (eds.)
Fifty Key American Films
London and New York, 2009

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Jürgen Müller (ed.)
Movies of the 50s
Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005

Roger Ebert
The Great Movies
2003

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Peter W. Engelmeier (ed.)
Icons of film, The 20th century
Munich; New York, 2000

Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Neil Sinyard
Classic Movies
London, 1993

Peter van Gelder
Offscreen Onscreen, The inside stories of 60 great films
London, 1990

Danny Peary
Cult Movies, The Classics, the Sleepers, the Weird, and the Wonderful
New York, 1989

Douglas Brode
The Films of the Fifties
Secaucus, NJ, 1976

Connery Chappell (ed.)
Picturegoer Film Annual 1952-53
Long Acre - London,

Reviews

Jörg Gerle, Singin' in the Rain, in: Filmdienst, nr. 20 (27. September 2012), 2012 pp. 47 (DVD review)