1、Musical,Title (Year),Singing In the Rain (1952),Running time: 102 minutesMPAA rating: G,Film Genre (s),Musical,Production Company (ies),MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Studio,Producer,Authur Freed,1951,Director (s),Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly,(1912-1996),Fred Astaire,Production Budget & Cost,Budget: $2 mil
2、lion Cost: $2.5 million,Commercially (Box-office),Box-office gross: $7.7 million worldwide,Critically (from film critics),Basically ignored by film critics when released and treated with indifference,Awards,Nominations: Best Supporting Actress (Jean Hagen), Best Musical Score (Lennie Hayton)No award
3、s,1953 (25th Oscar) 戏王之王,Significance,Transitional period from silent movies to talkies Studio System, Star System,Poster,A 3-color dye transfer systemRich, bright, vivid colors,Starring,Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly)Cosmo Brown (Donald O Connor)Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds) Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen)R.F.
4、 Simpson (Millard Mitchell),Don & Lina: screen loversThe Duelling Cavalier（决斗的骑士,First encounter with Kathy,Studio setsCosmo: Make them Laugh,Linas shrill, screechy （尖声的）accent Sound Recording,Good MorningCosmos Proposal,Kathy dub（配音） behind the scenes for lip-synching（对口型） Lina,Title Song:Singing in the Rain,a scheme to expose Linas vanity（虚荣） and put Kathy in limelight.,1961,One gang, “Jets”, American whites, Riff, TonyRival gang, “Sharks”, Puerto Rican immigrants, Bernardo, Maria,beginning,New York slumdog centerManhattan street in 1950s,Balcony scene,
