A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 8 wins & 9 nominations total
Dawn Addams
- Teresa - a Lady-in-Waiting
- (uncredited)
John Albright
- Call Boy
- (uncredited)
Betty Allen
- Chorus Girl
- (uncredited)
Sue Allen
- Chorus Girl
- (uncredited)
John Angelo
- Dancer
- (uncredited)
Marie Ardell
- Chorus Girl
- (uncredited)
David Bair
- Chorus Boy
- (uncredited)
Lynn Bari
- Chorus Girl
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Bates
- Boy
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFor the "Make 'em Laugh" number, Gene Kelly asked Donald O'Connor to revive a trick he had done as a young dancer: running up a wall and completing a somersault. The number was so physically taxing that O'Connor, who smoked four packs of cigarettes a day at the time, ended up in a hospital bed for a week after its completion. He suffered from exhaustion and painful carpet burns. Unfortunately, an accident ruined all of the initial footage, so after a brief rest O'Connor agreed to do the difficult number all over again.
- GoofsDuring the Cyd Charisse nightclub dance number, when she's wrapped around Gene Kelly, her body completely changes position between frames due to a clumsy edit. According to commentary on the special edition DVD, this cut of only a few frames' duration dates back to the original release of the film and no one knows why it exists.
- Quotes
[Don Lockwood is being mobbed by several fans on the street]
Don Lockwood: [desperately] Hey, Cos! Do something! Call me a cab!
Cosmo Brown: OK, you're a cab.
Don Lockwood: [unimpressed] Thanks a lot!
- ConnectionsEdited from The Three Musketeers (1948)
- SoundtracksFit as a Fiddle
(1932)
Music by Al Hoffman (uncredited) and Al Goodhart (uncredited)
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Originally from the 1932 stage revue "George White's Music Hall Varieties"
Sung by Gene Kelly (uncredited) and Donald O'Connor (uncredited)
Featured review
Heart Singin' in a Rain of Joyful Tears...
It's the magic that seldom appears, whose longevity is perpetual, the pleasure of enjoying the perfections that people, music and great storytelling can sometimes offer, with the backdrop a little piece of cinema history itself. All without foul language, extravagant pyrotechnics, mass brawls and bullets ricocheting all over the place, just immensely talented people doing what they do best - keeping you entertained and allowing you to escape for a while and live with the dreams of others. Whether musicals are you thing or not, there can be no doubt that you witness greatness as you welcome the rain and it makes your heart sing.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Pojmo v dežju
- Filming locations
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(New York City Streets)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,540,800 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,884,537
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,643
- Nov 10, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $2,000,288
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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