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Date: 1951 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Directed by: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen

Synopsis: Period musical comedy set in a film studio at the time of the coming of sound. This has a resounding effect on a silent screen actor and actress.

Genres:
Comedy, Musical

Subjects:
Film sound, Silent cinema, Hollywood studios, Fame
Releases
Date: 1952Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Length: 9238 FeetLanguage: English
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 2021Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): English

Credits (39)
©: Loew's Incorporated, Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Produced by: Arthur Freed, [Associate Producer]: Roger Edens, Story and Screen Play by: Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Suggested by the song by: Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown, Director of Photography: Harold Rosson, [Director of Photography, Pre-prod]: John Alton, Technicolor Colour Consultant: Henri Jaffa, James Gooch, [Camera Operator]: Frank Phillips, Special Effects: Warren Newcombe, Special Effects: Irving G. Ries, Film Editor: Adrienne Fazan, Art Director: Cedric Gibbons, Art Director: Randall Duell, Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis, Jacque Mapes, Costumes Designed by: Walter Plunkett, [Costumes]: Elaine Davis Owen, Make-up Created by: William Tuttle, Hair Styles Designed by: Sydney Guilaroff, Songs: Lyrics by: Arthur Freed, Songs: Music by: Nacio Herb Brown, Musical Direction: Lennie Hayton, Orchestrations by: Conrad Salinger, Vocal Arrangements by: Jeff Alexander, [Vocal Arrangements]: Roger Edens, Orchestrations by: Wally Heglin, Skip Martin, Musical Numbers Staged/Directed by: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen, [Assistant to Choreographers]: Carol Haney, Jeanne Coyne, [Sound] Recording Supervisor: Douglas Shearer
Cast (51)
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 in ballet), Douglas Fowley (Roscoe Dexter), Rita Moreno (Zelda Zanders), Madge Blake ([Dora Bailey]), King Donovan ([Rod]), Kathleen Freeman ([Phoebe Dinsmore, diction coach]), Bobby Watson ([diction coach]), Tommy Farrell ([Sid Phillips, assistant director]), Jimmy Thompson ([male lead in 'Beautiful Girl' number]), Dan Foster ([assistant director]), Margaret Bert ([wardrobe woman]), Mae Clarke ([hairdresser]), Judy Landon ([Olga Mara]), John Dodsworth ([Baron de la Bouvet de la Toulon]), Stuart Holmes ([J.C. Spendrill III]), Dennis Ross ([Don as a boy]), Bill Lewin ([Bert, villain in western]), Richard Emory ([Phil, cowboy hero]), Julius Tannen ([man demonstrating talking pictures]), Dawn Addams ([Teresa, lady-in-waiting]), Elaine Stewart ([2nd lady-in-waiting]), Carl Milletaire ([villain in 'The Dueling Cavalier']), Ben Strombach ([pilot in flying film]), Tommy Walker ([footballer in film sequence]), Jac George ([orchestra leader]), Wilson Wood ([Rudy Vallee impersonator]), Brick Sullivan ([cop in title number]), Snub Pollard ([recipient of umbrella, title number]), Paul Maxey ([sceptical party guest]), Dorothy Patrick, William Lester, Joi Lansing ([spectator]), Charles Evans ([irritated spectator]), Dave Sharpe, Russ Saunders ([fencer]), Patricia Denise, Jeanne Coyne, Joyce Horne ([dancer]), Bill Chatham, Ernie Flatt, Don Hulbert, Robert Dayo ([male dancing quartet]), David Kasday ([kid]), Robert B. Williams ([traffic cop]), Ray Teal ([employee]), Shirley Jean Rickert ([])