November 5, 2023 - Starting @11am
Gene Kelly’s transition from silent to talkies goes swimmingly. Nonetheless, the perennial co-star Jean Hagen’s nasal shriek (“a shimmering, glowing star in the cinema firm-a-ment!”) demands Debbie Reynolds dubbing. Simultaneously, Donald O’Connor knocks himself out tohttps://my.filmforum.org/singin-in-the-rain-ffj-23 “make ’em laugh.”
