Rainy day today and the writing prompt of 
If you combine two, rain and musical, add a piece of cinema, and there you go:
you have one of the best musical
"Singing in the rain"
Don Lockwod (Gene Kelly), a popular silent film star, has a lot of problems to deal with.
The advent of a new genre of cinema, talking pictures, to which he must respond.
his spoiled, vain but untalented co-star, Lina Lamont, who believes she is a couple with Don (although he does his best to convince her otherwise)
But on his way he has two trump cards: his dear friend Cosmo (Donald O'Connor), an optimistic clown dancer, and Kathy (Debbie Reynolds), the young actress who stands in his way ( or rather, he stands in hers) with whom they fall madly in love.
His new film, "The Duelling Cavalier", has to be turned into a talkie and even a musical, as competition from the rival studio has already turned the movie business upside down (reference to the real Jazz singer, the first musical ever been released). But this attempt proves to be very difficult, as his co-star Lina has a voice like "blackboard-scratching fingernails"
Their first attempt is crowned with failure not only on Lina's part, but also the misplaced microphones. (How hilarious is the scene with Lina's discordant voice not matching the picture)
However, the idea of using the talented Kathy as Lina's doubler saves the day and gives us the excuse for one of the most beautiful dance pieces (Singing in the rain)
Will this save the film? Ok, you know the drill/ It is a musical and in the end always (or at least most of the time) good wins.
The movie becomes a huge success, the evil Lina is exposed and Kathy becomes the new rising star.
But of course, most of all, Don and Kathy's love wins.
What makes this musical extraordinary is that it is a film within another film. the whole play revolves around cinema as we see the making of a film from the inside, but especially at a very crucial time in cinema : the transition from silent to talking cinema. Inclusion of speech and music changed everything in the seventh art and gave us masterpieces.
And even though I don't dance, my love for dancing is well known from previous posts. Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor give their best, defying the laws of gravity. Especially on the track "Make em Laugh" Connor jumps on walls, dances with a doll, does butt kicks in the air, impresses with his comic stunts and sing at the same time.
(Don't try this at home)
Debbie Reynolds, who was first cast in such an important role was only 19 when the film was made. i can't imagine beyond the talent of all three leads, how many hours of rehearsal they put in to get this result.
The scene with Gene Kelly drenched in rain splashing and singing, shouting his happiness has gone down as one of the most memorable dance scenes ever
PSS... tell me the truth, you've all done it... Young and old you might have put down your umbrella, feeling the rain drops on you and started whistling the tune of the song : "Singing in the rain" (perhaps the more daring ones have already sung it and tried to do the dance tricks)
This film is a hymn to life, to creation. It is perhaps one of the happiest, most optimistic films I have ever seen. It leaves you with a feeling of joy, it makes you feel that you can achieve anything. And as the title song says:
What a glorious feeling, I am happy again!
So much so that I'll probably do the Gene Kelly dance today since it's raining!
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