My grandmother was a huge fan of musicals, this one in particular. She just passed on Sunday, but this video will always have a place in my heart beside her.
I know exactly how you feel, but my grandmother was more into Tom Waits and other wierd songs like that. I am sorry for your loss and I want to let you know that the pain never leaves but it won't be so bad.
@@kittycattt93 Debbie Reynolds was amazing in this song and dance number considering what she went through. She indeed had no dancing experience, but ended up looking like she had been dancing for years, up against two of the best dancers in movie history in Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor. An amazing performance on all of their parts. My favorite number of one of my favorite movies. My second favorite number is O'Connor doing "Make Them Laugh." He was a dancer and an athlete. I think that was the first recorded example of a dancer dancing up a wall!
In Director's Cut of "Singin' in the Rain", directors and actors said that little Miss Debbie Reynolds was only 17. Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor were dancing phenoms, and Debbie would be in tears with all of the harsh practices!!! She had been a gymnast and had only had a little bit of tap experience. She worked long, hard hours practicing, and I love her for it!!!!! This entire movie ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!
+Yotto O. Too $$$, and not enough audience, generational gap, the onlyappreciation that pays for this anymore, is on Broadway, even that haschanged, and lack of dance appreciation, again different standards.
They just made La La Land! That film made me so happy. It brought back the movie musical. Sadly, most of the audience members were old-timers anyhow, but the stars were popular with the young folks, so maybe it will get more popular
@@trublucoltfan If training and direction is powerful enough natural talent is not needed. Many highly accomplished actors generally were not talented - merely well-trained and later very experienced in their craft. Of course there are cases of highly talented actors as well, but I think training and direction is more important than talent.
Just like what Madonna said or sang in Vogue, dancers back in those days like Kelly, Rogers, Astaire and the beautiful Miss Debbie Reynolds DANCED ON AIR!!
Yes I agree! Michael shared he,fashioned many a move from Fred Astaire and it is so evident to those of us that adore the ART of dance. I have watched Michaels,videos over and overland over and over Especially Smooth Criminal it's like magic to me I loved him!
PupCake1025 It would be something to see a long shot of that whole scene, with the cameras and men chasing the dancers down the set on tracks, with the orchestra playing just out of sight, the sheer number of people involved... the sound and sight of it all. And then to hear the director's distant cry, "Cut. Print. That's a wrap, folks." Wow.
While the final edit was only made up of about 3 takes at the most they didn't only do three takes. This scene was gruelling and they danced through the night doing it again and again and again until it was utterly perfect. By the time they wrapped this scene Debbie's feet were bleeding from the effort and some people have even said that she had to be carried off set. It's a masterclass in hard work and technical perfection. And from a woman who had never danced before this job too!
@@SundaeRoast You can check. She was dubbed for "Singing in the rain", "Would you" and "You are my lucky star". But on this one it is Debbie's voice, easy to recognize anyway.
My biggest beef with today's movies, is that, they move the cameras around too much when someone is singing or dancing, with cuts, close ups, pans, and you just know that it took 20 takes to get ONE sequence. These guys, and of course Astaire and Rogers, and all the rest of these great early talents, all did it in one or a few takes with the cameras way back showing all their moves. No gimmicks, just raw talent. Cagney, Hope, Hayworth, all of them, just sang and danced with the cameras showing their whole bodies. Even Flashdance is all cut up and you know that a body double was doing the dancing. I miss these really talented actors of old, they did it all.
I agree with Terry Morison, it did take them many takes and many hours of grueling rehearsing back then, but I also agree with dannydoc1969's point on how they didn't have all the constant camera angels switching around then, and I agree, that was better
@@isaacwhite9255 Oh wow. I can see how that would be funny now and not then. :) I wonder, if that happened a lot, did you catch on and maybe were prepared for the next time she woke you up?
RIP Debbie Reynolds and happy early 65th anniversary to a colorful and glorious classic musical! It must have been so beautiful for her to dance with Gene and Donald.
Me and my friends Tom and Jonathan performed this in college for an evening of musical numbers. The governors of the college got to see our showcases before the public and our families did. It was one of the first shows I did, and I was so nervous and proud of myself that when I came off stage I hid in the cleaning supplies closet and cried. This musical is a classic. It will always hold a special place in my heart
Debbie Reynolds said that Gene Kelly was a demanding perfectionist, often berating her for not keeping up. They rehearsed so much that her feet bled at night. But all the discipline paid off. What an incredible number. The Freed Unit at it's finest.
And I read on fb about this scene that because Gene Kelly was such a perfectionist he made Debbie, Donald as well as himself go thru 40 takes before he was satisfied. Can you imagine going thru this scene 40 times just because he wasn't satisfied with the very end of the number because it was the very end where they tip over the couch and fall on it that he wanted that one particular part done just right.
Debbie Reynolds: 19 years old, with little dance experience and thrown in with Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor. She described the movie, and childbirth, as the toughest things she ever did. But she learned to dance like that in 3 months! And without any encouragement from Kelly, who didn't think she could do it. She did, and they became good friends. What a talent! RIP with your daughter, another great talent in her own right.
She was a good gymnast before becoming actress; she had had classes of walking and posturing; and for that movie had help from no other than Fred Astaire. So the jumping and coordination were there. No miracle. And in the movie Syd Charisse did the difficult session anyway.
"She described the movie, and childbirth, as the toughest things she ever did." So she compared a crash course in learning to tap with one of the greats to giving childbirth (without an epidural). *THAT* is how hard truly great men work.
You have to hand it to Debbie Reynolds. Where her two male counterparts were dancers who became actors, she was an actor who had to learn to dance as well as them.....and she DID! She was wonderful in this scene and throughout the movie. Such fun to watch.
The male lead actor, Gene Kelly, was an unbelievably intense perfectionist when it came to choreography, singing, and dancing. There's an infamous story where the female lead, Debbie Reynolds, had to repeat the dance to the song over and over again because it wasn't up to Kelly's standards, so much so that her feet were bleeding and she had to literally pour blood out of her shoe between breaks.
Zedwoman Well, just because you don't believe in life after death doesn't mean everyone else does too. Until you become an expert on what happens to a person after they die, kindly keep off others comments.
You don't believe in it and I don't either. However, other people can believe what they want to when it does not harm you one bit. This isn't a time for you to say WELL I BELIEVE BLAH. That goes for Kenneth Smith, too. It isn't about either of you (or me).
+Luís Nask Well, Gene Kelly wanted someone else to be casted for the role, and that person was Cyd Charisse, and she was consider to old for the part. :/ Hence, the weirdly place ten minute dance musical that has nothing to do with the film, was because Kelly wanted to have a dancing part with Cyd Charisse.
When I heard them say 23rd March I was little shocked as I am listening to this on 24th March.. But when he said it's already 24th March and she started Good Morning, it was goosebumps moment.. Wow.. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
This might actually be my favorite scene in film history. Just so magical and flawless in every way. They definitely don't make them like this anymore.
This optimism, professionalism and talent and hard work of actors and producers, decorators, people building sets, music, writing .... camera work, attention to details .... all these are lost in time.... like tears .... in the rain.....
Singing in The Rain is one of my all time favorites. I can’t put in enough words how much grateful i'm. Thank you Debbie Reynolds for everything!. Rest in Peace.
Victoria Odegaard it was an orange juice commercial. whenever it comes on i look at my mother with a stupid grin on my face and start dancing about the house.
I have always loved Debbie's outfit-a look so ahead of its' time. And while all 3 can dance- Gene never seems to have to put out any effort-he just seems to float through his steps!
Steve Black seriously? Are you so small minded to think there's nothing else after life? If you think that it's up to you, but who do you think you are to come out and tell people such a thing? Each people is free to believe what they want.
I could watch these classic movies over and over again and never get tired of them. Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, are just a few of these legendary classic actors that will always remain golden in these films which I hope they'll never ever try to remake.
Always been one my all time favourite films, I used to watch it with my grandparents. What’s ironic is Debbie Reynolds daughter stars in one of the other ones (Star Wars).
You realize that they would be shocked to hear such a crude word come from you. Back in their day, it wasn't unexpected from dockworkers and sailors, but young women would never. I'm 59, but I remember when my boyfriend 40 years ago almost fought a man for swearing in front of me. I'm an old feminist who is saddened that young women today think all we fought for was their right to expose their breasts and swear like a sailor. Kind of cheapens our achievements.
@Colt45blackjack thank you!!!! (: Btw I graduated last year! I'm now a nanny and every morning I play this song for the one year old that I watch. I'll definitely check out her other songs! Thank you for the recommendation
Had quite the privilege of watching this movie at the movie theater today. It was such an indescribable experience, to watch such an iconic and perfectly performed routine on a big screen. Every scene gave me a wonderful feeling, but this one truly stood out. Beautiful.
I read that Debbie Reynolds and Gene Kelly constantly clashed during the making of this movie. Mainly because she never work with a director (Gene) who worked and practiced and demanded perfection as he did. It wasn`t until Fred Astaire invited her to one of his rehearsals for her to realize how much practice it took to get to their level.
From either an interview I saw, or some memoir she wrote about this song, she said she was only 18 (maybe 19, but no older than teens), and very much a novice. Being paired up with such a celebrated luminary like Gene Kelly was terrifying, because there was absolutely no way she could be on his level. Her anxiety was quite high in this movie. She felt like she was thrown to the wolves, but she knew it was the price to pay for being in the business. Compared to the *incomparable* Gene Kelly, she held her own as best she could, and, in my humble opinion, should be given some slack for that.
Craig Blast I heard about this. Fred found her under a piano, and took her to see what he had done, even a year later, it was perfectly practiced. I don't know if anyone could keep up with Gene (or his ego). He is talented. Not being nice actually made people try harder. I would love know anybody that can follow up on this.
So you know, Reynolds wasn't a hoofer, Hayworth was a hoofer. Reynolds hadn't been trained in dance before being cast in this movie, whereas Rita Hayworth grew up learning to dance from a parent that was a dance teacher and a professional dancer. ~ Gene Kelly had the practice of making cast members rehearse to the point of excellence, which is doubtless why the dance scenes came out so well.
I cry when I watch this sometimes. It makes me so happy. My grandma used to sing this to wake me up when I stayed at her house. It always reminds me of her
Frensis26 Depends on how delirious you are. I've been up for 48 hours and found myself laughing and singing, skipping around. Also depends on whether you spent that night abusing drugs and drinking or not.