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.

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.

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

Don't deprive yourself of "my fair lady" you will LOVE it

Jean Hagen, the blonde with the screechy voice, actually had a very good voice.

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!

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

Gene Kelly was a trained experienced dancer, while Debbie Reynolds wasn't, and he admitted later that he was very hard on her during filming and berated her for her mistakes , and was surprised that she still was friendly to him afterwards

Gene Kelly performed the iconic rain dance when he had an alarmingly high temperature. Talk about dedication to his craft. ☔❤️

Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) and her mom, Debbie Reynolds, died 1 day apart, Carrie on Dec 27, 2016 and Debbie on Dec 28, 2016. Carrie had a heart attack 4 days earlier on an airplane and per her brother, Debbie died from heartbreak a day after Carrie. At least they had 1 last Christmas together. Debbie loved Christmas so much that she kept her Christmas tree up year round. RIP two great ladies.

As a kid, Donald O'Connor was one of my favorite movie stars NOT for "Singing in the Rain" but for "Francis" (1950). Donald O'Connor plays a WWII Lt. who is sent to a psychiatric ward when he insists that an Army mule named Francis can speak to him. Western star Chill Wills was the voice of Francis. The movie was so popular that there was a total of 7 movies with "Francis the Talking Mule".

Gene Kelly asked Donald O'Connor to do the somersault off the wall because he had seen O'Connor do that in a dance number years before. But O'Conner hadn't done it in years and was a heavy smoker, so when he did it for the movie he said it nearly killed him!

The songs were all from the period- most from the 1920’s and 1930’s. “Singin’ in the Rain” was written in 1929 and has been a standard performed by hundreds of singers, dancers and celebrities over the decades. 😊

The dancer in the Broadway Melody sequence was Cyd Charisse, who was also in Brigadoon with Gene Kelly and The Band Wagon with Fred Astaire. Also Zelda was Rita Moreno, who was in the movie 80 For Brady last year. She's 92.

Fun fact: when she came out of the cake and he made fun of her by saying look it's Ethel Barrymore. Ethel Barrymore was Drew Barrymores great aunt.

Gene Kelly was a perfectionist. He once guest starred on "The Muppet Show" and Kermit asked him if he would do his famous rain dance. Gene said no because he was afraid he wouldn't be able to repeat his perfect performance from "Singin' in the Rain" and didn't want to ruin the illusion for his fans. Also, that Kathy dubbing for Lena was actually dubbed by a singer named Betty Noyes! I've watched this a hundred times and I still maintain that the "Moses Supposes" scene is one of the most enjoyable dance sequences I've seen.

The Singing in the Rain part might be the greatest thing ever put on film. It’s just perfect.

This movie simply makes me happy. It has ever since I was a kid. The humor employed here is similar to many of Gene Kelly's movies as well as the Fred and Ginger movies and is something that is missing in modern cinema.

This is one of my favorite musicals. The singing in the rain scene is, of course, perfection. Gene Kelly is so handsome that every time I watch that scene I think "Golly, what a lucky lamp post."

My parents were older so a lot of the movies I grew up on aren’t represented on reaction channels. I always get excited to see more people experience my favorites like Singin in the Rain and It Happened One Night!! Film history is so fun to delve into

This was my mom's favorite movie. In the early 2000s there was a movie festival over that summer where a theater showed one classic movie a week for the entire summer. One week was Singing in the Rain. I took my mom to one of the showings. She had the biggest smile on her face all through the movie.

Every song in this movie, came from another movie. The script writers were basically handed a list of songs from a bunch of different movies, then challenged to write a screen play that included them all. It's funny, just the other day, I casually wondered to my sister, "Wonder if the reactors will ever get to Singin' In The Rain?" I grew up on old musicals. It is not abnormal, for example, for my sisters and I to get into "Moses Supposes" in Walmart. Embarrasses the hell out of my wife, lol. She just doesn't get it 🤣

I grew up watching musicals due to my mom's love for them. This is one of the more memorable ones. My Fair Lady, South Pacific, Oklahoma, The King And I, The Sound Of Music and this one were among her favorites.

Oh my goodness! Cassie, you're going to burst with joy! AND, you get to see Princess Leia's mom sing and dance. Hard to believe that you are just now seeing this. Could The Sound of Music be too far behind?

This is my favourite musical. I watch it two or three times a year and never got bored. The Moses Supposes scene is just a joy to watch, Gene and Donald were SO talented.

Singin' In The Rain is one of the 10 greatest American films of all time. How many movies have this kind of life and energy?? CGI be damned!! Kelly, Reynolds and O'Connor are like cartoons come to life. "Make 'Em Laugh" is one of the best big screen musical numbers ever committed to film. Debbie Reynolds at 19 was put through the ringer to get her scenes right but she never let's it show on the screen. What a picture!!

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

"The Jazz Singer" was a musical, and the first sound movie.

Sunset Boulevard is another terrific movie about the impact of the switch from silent films to talkies, an all-time classic!

"What came first the movie or the song?" The song, actually! It was written in the 1920s, when this movie is set! ☺Most of the songs in "Singin' in the Rain" were pre-existing. The vast majority were written by Arthur Freed, who had been producing & writing songs for the studio's movie musicals since the 1920s. (So, the movie is almost a mini-tribute to those early musicals).

Very nostalgic movie to me, watched it as a kid. Gotta say, that whole Gene Kelly Fred Astaire showmanship.... today I feel like it's a lost art. It's like you said, let's see those tiktok dancers do that. The choreography, the moves, the singing, the months of endless practice... those guys were inhuman to be able to give us all that in such a seamless way.

I volunteered for the spay/neuter clinics in Montana for a long time. We catered to low income. A lot of people in the towns we would go to would give us a room for the nights we had to be there. Anyway, one time this woman offered her house up, she was out of town and knew one of the women also volunteering. I went in and there was this amazing wall of pictures. I looked at them and thought wait... isn't that Gene Kelly? I asked the woman and she said yeah, he's her grandfather. Amazing photos of family over the years. Another good musical romance from the 50s is "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers".

A most delightful film that’s right up your alley, Cassie. If you ever get the chance to, catch a rerelease of this in the theaters as it is marvelous on a big screen. My favorite musical number is Moses Supposes. And man, does it get me to cry every time, the line “Ladies and Gentlemen! Stop that girl! That girl running up the aisle! Stop her! That’s the girl whose voice you heard and loved tonight! She's the real star of the picture! Kathy Selden!” followed by that look that Debbie Reynolds had with the tears in her eyes.

You are now entering a universe way richer than the MCU, the musicals of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Imagine that these actors had to act, dance, and sing without AutoTune. The sheer talent of these people far surpassed anything we see in stars today.

Greetings Cassie Kathy is played by Debbie Reynolds. She was a Tripple Threat actress: singing, acting, dancing. She is also the mother of Carrie Fisher. During the 'Singing in the Rain' scene, Gene was suffering from a high temperature from the flue, but ever the constant overachiever, he struggled to complete it. I read somewhere that it took about 25 to 30 takes to get it just right. You can kind of hear it in his singing voice when he gets on the light pole. Anyways, glad you enjoy it, and you might get around to watching some of the others of this era of Hollywood musicals. Maybe you can get Carly to join for 1 of them. Have a great 1.

Donald O Conner had to go to the hospital for exhaustion after filming the Make 'em Laugh sequence.

SINGIN' and AMERICAN IN PARIS... Robert Preston's MUSIC MAN and then his most excellent VICTOR VICTORIA, which I'd stack up again the best of comedies.

I'm 55, grew up in the 70's and 80's. I was exposed to the older movies as well as the current ones at the time. The fact that we didn't have as many ways to view movies at the time played a factor, but also having parents that were teens at the time these great movies were made in the late 40's early 50's helped too. Please react to more Danny Kaye movies. Not only was he a beloved comical genius, but a true humanitarian as well. Take care and be well. 😊

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire are considered the greatest male dancers of classic Hollywood. Any film you see with either of them in it, will have the most innovative and technically perfect dance sequences.

Debbie Reynolds starred in this blockbuster at the age of 19. Her daughter Carrie Fisher starred in Star Wars at the age of 19. Love to both of them.

Cyd Charisse wore that green dress and did those moves just weeks after giving birth.

All the actors are great in this classic. But Donald O`Connor as Cosmo, and Jean Hagen as Lina are just so funny

When I was a little boy, my mom used to say to me "Moses supposes his toeses are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously." I never knew where she got that until I saw this movie. 😁

Hollywood studios resisted for years to convert to sound movies because of the expense of converting every movie theater in the country to sound. When Hollywood finally decided to convert to sound pictures one studio made every player it had under contract to stand under a microphone and recite a nursery rhyme to test their voices.

I loved this movie as a young kid about 5 years old. I first saw and loved Donald O'Connor when he starred in the B&W Francis the Talking Mule series of 5 movies. I highly recommend them. Donald and Francis got into all kinds of zany trouble. The 5 movies were all set in WWII overseas. I was also fascinated by WWII as a 5 year old to the point it made me wonder about reincarnation! One of the things he did that I had never seen is that HE COULD DANCE UP A VERTICAL WALL for several feet like gravity didn't apply! He would rush a wall at speed and nearly reach the ceiling while dancing on the wall! He did a flip off the wall and when he hit the floor was still dancing. You have to see it.

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!!!

Justice for Cosmo! Glad you finally saw it. Make sure your sister sees it too. It’s an all-time favorite, a perfect movie.

Poor Debbie Reynolds was repeatedly made to rehearse the dance to "Good Morning" by Gene Kelly, a self admitted perfectionist. By the end, her feet were bleeding.

It Happened One Night is my FAVORITE movie. ❤

My mom used to use the “I can’t stand em” line all the time- imitating the nasally voice.

One cool fact is that since this film was made only 30 years after thw switch to sound, there were still crew around who remembered what it was like. The scene where they were having microphone issues was from a story they were told.

Debbie Reynolds had said that Gene Kelly was really hard on her during the shooting of this movie. Because he was a very accomplished dancer and she had never danced before. Fred Astaire, who was in an adjacent dance studio, found her crying under a piano and reassured her that all of her hard work was worth the effort.

Oh, wow - I used to sing the 'good morning' song to my daughter to wake *her* up! She was not amused. :D Just a super-fun movie.

When you said "my grandma used to sing this to me to wake me up", just warmed my heart

When the screenwriters came up with the idea for making the story about the transition between silent film and talking pictures, there were still many technicians, etc, who were able to fill in details anoit the time. It was also true that there were many actors and actresses because of accents or their voices simply not matching their appearances.

Whenever it rains, I couldn’t help but sing this song. By the way, the actress who played Kathy Selden in this movie is Debbie Reynolds, who is the mother of Carrie Fisher ( Princess Leia ). May they R.I.P.

I remember seeing this back at elementary school in music class. My favorite part is "Make em Laugh"

The editing was so well done for this. It was cohesive, the musical numbers still flowed and somehow at 30 minutes it didn't feel like it was missing anything. Kudos to the editor! 👏

The first time I saw this movie was in college when they had a sort of outdoor festival and displayed the movie up on the side of a white building. I smiled all the way through it, and all the way to my dorm till my face hurts from smiling so much! It still makes me smile whenever I watch it; it is a huge mood booster, lol.

Cassie, i love that you react to wonderful old classic movies. You are one of the very few that do. Much respect.

A fun watch would be...'That's Entertainment'......which is a whole compilation of song & dance numbers from the golden age of musicals.

There were two male dancers who stood head and shoulders above all others in Hollywood, and they were diametrically different in their styles. Fred Astaire was known as "The Ace" because he was near perfection in everything he did. He was lean and moved like greased lightning. Gene Kelly was more athletic and physical in his movements and, like Astaire, was a perfectionist in every movement. Donald O'Connor was one of very few who could keep up with Kelly. The "Rain Dance" is one of the very best of all-time, maybe the best, because it was pure joy in physical movement. You should watch some of Fred's dances, because they were not only incredible in precision, but unique in that only Astaire could do them. His frequent partner, Ginger Rogers, was equally spectacular ... it has been said that she matched his moves in heels and oft time backwards. Debbie carved out a whole career with this performance, and she was always a treat onn camera. So much fun watching you watch this. You just opened the door to a new and wonderous world, are you going to step into it?

"let's see the tik tok dancers do that one" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 since on the topic i would like to add the mary poppins roof scene to the list

I can’t wait for you to watch this classic!! The scene where Gene was “dancing and singing in the rain,” lol 😂 has gone down to be the famous dance scene of all time!! He was the greatest dancer that ever live IMO. A true perfectionist. The “good mornin’” number was done over 40 times and Debbie said her feet were bleeding but she loved doing the film. She said Gene co-directed this film and had a lot on his shoulders. Some articles say they didn’t get along but that’s true at all. Donald O’Connor said one time Gene got mad at him and told him to “stop fooling around,” and later Gene went back and apologized to him and said that he was afraid to take his anger out on Debbie because he didn’t want to scare her away. He was frustrated that she wasn’t learning the the steps as quickly as he would have liked. Debbie wasn’t a dancer but they hired her because she had the “look,” they were looking for. Back in those days everything had to be done to perfection and Gene was so hard on himself because he wanted to perform at top 🔝 speed. Donald was also a terrific dancer and he said the number “make em laugh,” was Gene’s request. This trio was amazing. The number that Gene does by himself in the rain said that he had a 104 temperature but said he wanted to do the scene anyways. That’s dedication. ❤️🙏🙏 Just don’t find that nowadays. Love all these old movies like “White Christmas,” etc. Love all the glamour!! Gene also directed Hello Dolly starring Barbara Streisand which is also Ana amazing movie musical! Please also check out Phantom Of The Opera! That’s my favorite musical ever!! Holds the record for the longest running show to hit Broadway. ❤️❤️🥰 Sadly it had to close its doors after the Pandemic 😷 God Bless to you from my mom and I in So. Cal USA 🇺🇸 got lots of rain today and more on the way so this movie was beyond perfect! The “good mornin,” number I did with 2 guys when I was a sophomore in high school. It’s so hard. I didn’t have a hard time with other dancer but tap dancing was a nightmare to learn lol 😂 Enjoy the movie!! A classic for sure!! This film is a palette cleanser for sure! You won’t stop singing. lol 😂 or dancing. Love to all reading this from wherever you are tuning in from! Gene Kelly had the triple threat! Singing, dancing, and acting! Any dance he could do. Tango, tap dance, waltz, you name it! Michael Jackson idolized Gene Kelly and used him as a model for when he started his career! Watching him and Donald do their thing is just wow! 2 perfectionists! Debbie was also a lovely lady back then! RIP 😞😞 Debbie. ❤️🥰 She will be missed.

I love those old movies from the 50s that I would see on TV when I was a little kid sick home from school in the 70s and this is one of my favorites. Donald O'Connor, who played Cosmo in this film, has always been one of my favorites. He has been in many movies and was an excellent dancer, as good as Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire. Cyd Charisse is another favorite of mine. She was the seductive woman in green dress w the gangsters and the long flowing white dress in the Gotta Dance sequence.

Gene Kelly was one of THE men of old Hollywood, dancer, singer, director, choreographer, stunt man, he did it all. As for Kathy actor Debbie Reynolds she went on to star in multiple amazing films and became a Disney icon when she starred in Halloweentown (one series to watch). Loved watching this film with my gran growing up. Awesome reaction as always.

There are many films that are called "classics," but only a few are truly so. These are the ones that set the bar for the rest. _Casablanca_ is one. And so is _Singing in the Rain._ Perfection is rare, but it sometimes happens.

The energy of the actors back then was endless

Gene Kelly, one of the two most famous singer, dancers of all time, along with Fred Astaire. A genious, he also choreographed many of the dances in this and other famous musicals. See 'An American in Paris' to see a true masterpiece that includes another love story and incredible dance numbers. Jean Hagen had a short movie career (and a very nice voice) and played on a lot of tv shows afterward. To see her range in another style of acting see The Asphalt Jungle, a film noir about a brilliant jewel heist gone wrong. A true classic. I've watched your videos from day one. ❤

OMG! What a classic! The whole cast is spot on for this one! Donald O'Connor! Amazing!

This is one of the films that I can always rewatch, they are just so talented at everything! I do think you'd also like My Fair Lady!

Seeing Cassie discover 50's musicals is awesome.... really enjoyed that x

CHICAGO was a very good musical.

The song came before the movie. This movie used a lot of existing songs. It is one of the greatest, and my personal favourite musical of all time. Glad you watched it.

Brigadoon (1954) is and always will be, my favourite Gene Kelly movie.

The song came first and was written in the late 1920.s. MGM owned the rights and used it in several movies. For more Debbie Reynolds, check out "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", "Tammy and The Bachelor" or "Susan Slept Here". Nice reaction. This movie is one of the best movie musicals ever made.

Debbie Reynolds wasn't a dancer and was terrified of the Good mornin ' set piece

Kelly had a 103 degree in the dancing in the rain with a Fever in the street!!

2:35 The radio journalist at the premier is played by Madge Blake, who was also an atomic energy engineer. 7:50 That's Debbie Reynolds, star of many hit movies and also Princess Leia's (Carrie Fisher's) mom. 28:30 The green dress girl is Cyd Charise, one of the best dancers in Hollywood history. You'll enjoy seeing her and Gene Kelley in "Brigadoon" which was made about the same time as this movie.

Hope Cassie gets to see Millard Mitchell (the studio boss in Singing in the Rain) along with Gregory Peck in Twelve O'Clock High. Especially since Masters of the Air is all over the news right now.

Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly showing love and respect for stuntmen since the 50's 👌🏼 Just a wonderful, iconic and delightful film, a love letter to musicals and to Hollywood.

I love these kinds of old musicals! They're so sweet and innocent and fun when these days we live in a world where everyone tries to make things dark and depressing and dark and violent and dark and cynical. And did I mention dark? Even comedies these days try to be too clever or have a lot of a kind of bitterness at their base. Sometimes we just need a bit of true fun .

Gene Kelly & Donald O'Connor were arguably two of the best dancers to ever grace the silver screen. And they could sing too.

Classic musicals to select from. The Music Man, Paint your Wagon (a singing Clint Eastwood), Oklahoma (with mama Partridge), Bye, Bye Birdie (with Dick van Dyke and Ann Marget)

Debbie Reynolds singing voice was dubbed by Betty Noyes. She was a trained gymnast not a dancer. The Good Morning scene took about 15 hours to film and at the conclusion Debbie Reynolds feet were bleeding that she had to be carried off set. Donald O’Connor who was a 4 pack a day smoker was hospitalised following his ‘Make ‘Em Laugh’ routine. Because she was not a dancer Gene Zkelly rode Debbie Reynolds causing her to cry. When on set dancer Fred Astaire found Reynolds under a piano in tears and when he found out how Reynolds was being treated he offered to teach her how to dance. My favourite Gene Kelly films are: Anchors Aweigh (1945) where he dances with Jerry the mouse from Tom and Jerry, Cover Girl (1944), On the Town (1949), An American in Paris (1951) where Kelly dances on a piano, and It’s Always Fair Weather (1955) where Kelly dances whilst wearing roller skates.

This is one of my all time favourite movies. It was made 5 years before l was born. So lve probably seen this movie more than any other. And l don’t think Ive ever seen Debbie Reynolds look more gorgeous. I saw Reynolds being interviewed, where she admitted, that Gene Kelly was a perfectionist and demanded that the choreography, synchronisation, timing and steps were perfect and matched his precisely. Reynolds admitted during the rehearsals and filming of the Good Morning routine her feet actually bled, and the whole filmed routine was excruciating. During the film, you were introduced to Kelly’s legendary long term dance partner during the Broadway Melody number in the astonishing shape of Cyd Charisse! You may have noticed her long amazing legs! Rumour has it that at one point during her partnership with Kelly her legs were reportedly insured for over a million dollars! Which in the 1959s was an astronomic figure. Great film thank you, so glad you enjoyed it. If you want to see any of Gene Kelly’s other song and dance movies may l suggest American InParis, On The Town Other must see musical is High Society, a real feel good movie.

I recall something like this statement: before "Star Wars", Carrie Fisher was Debbie Reynolds' daughter. After "Star Wars", Debbie Reynolds was Princess Leia's mother.

LOVE Gene Kelly. He made some fantastic musicals

I think you'd enjoy another Gene Kelly movie, Brigadoon 1954. It's magical.

Gene Kelly actually touched ("blessed") my now ex-fiancee's ballet slippers from when she was about 3 years old. Her parents had them bronzed afterwards.

Almost always forget that Gene’s 3 Musketeers was at the begging of this. Also the fact that in the scene where Cosmo does “make them laugh”, Don (a smoker) had to rerecord it. The first time they filmed it, do to no film in the camera.

You’re doing My Fair Lady..which is musically pretty perfect..On the Street Where You Live was released and charted..

"Who has this much energy?!?" You ain't kiddin'!

Cathy Selden is Princess Leia's mom, in case you didn't know! My favorite musical of all time. Make 'em laugh is such a fantastic showcase of Donald O'Connor's skill as a dancer. So glad you liked it!

The titular song, and the way it's performed in the movie, might be the best depiction of new love in film history. The way he is oblivious to the weather and giddy with excitement really comes across in the sequence. Good movie to start the month with Cassie.

Ahh the days when real talent was needed to be a success. Gene Kelly known as one of the best male dancers in Hollywood ever. Donald O'Connor was such an incredible talent. He was legit as an actor, dancer, singer and comedian. Then there is Debbie Reynolds. Started in the movies in her teens and had a career that stretched over nearly 70 years. I still fall in love with her whenever one of the classic movie channels shows one of her movies as Tammy. She is also Carrie Fisher's (Princess Leia in Star Wars) real life Mom. Cassie, you might want to see if a movie called How the West Was Won is available for doing a reaction. It has the most amazing cast including Debbie Reynolds and a long list of stars. Brilliant!!! Also for another fun musical, you might want to try Guys and Dolls with Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando or the original Music Man movie with Robert Preston and Shirley Jones from 1962. Not the remake for TV they did some years ago with Mathew Broderick. It was dreadful. Great reaction Cassie. Stay warm and well.

Usher reenacting/singing Singin in the Rain is absolutely epic!

The couch dance scene was done in one take, the first time through. Debbie Reynolds didn't miss a beat dancing with Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor -- huge stars at the time. Princess Leia's mother... read everything you can... she's worth it!

Gene Kelly is one of the absolute leading song and dance actors in Hollywood. He choreographed all the dances in his films.