The titular song was actually a cover.
Last night, I was unwinding by playing through thePyramid Schemearchive and watching oldmusicals.
1.Gene Kelly performed the titular dance number with a103o fever.
The director wanted to send him home, but Gene insisted on one take to avoid wasted preparations.
2.They had toreschedule filmingthe scene to achieve the water pressure they needed.
They had to revisit in the morning when everyone was at work so they could get sufficient water pressure.
3.It was Debbie Reynolds’sfirst movie.
She was 17 years old and had no dancing experience beforehand.
4.She alsoonly made$75 a week for the film.
“Singin' in the Rain” isnot an original song.
It was actually performed as early as 1928.
Most of the songs in the movie are covers, making it a jukebox musical akin toMoulin Rouge!.
8.Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connorended updoing a lot of their own stunts.
In an interview with Roger Ebert, O’Connor said, “[Russ Saunders] was the stuntman.
10.Real-life Hollywood personalitiesinspired charactersin the movie.
11.Costume designer Walter Plunkettmade morethan 500 costumes for the film.
you could briefly see Lana Turner from the originalThree Musketeersfilm before it cuts to Lina Lamont.
15.Jean Hagen was theonly actorfrom the film nominated for an Oscar.
16.Finally, it has a 100% onRotten Tomatoes.
