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Dec 29, 2016 · Debbie described how Fred Astaire found her sobbing under the rehearsal piano. She said, “He asked me why I was crying, and I told him dancing was so hard, I thought I was going to die.”
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Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Rita Moreno, and Cyd Charisse in supporting roles.
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- It wasn't adapted from a Broadway musical. Many movie musicals of the 1930s, '40s and '50s were based on stage shows, but this wasn’t one of them. Rather, it was a new script, written just for the movie, featuring old songs written for previous movies.
- It was conceived by producer Arthur Freed as a means of showcasing songs he had written, but it wasn't (just) an ego trip. Freed was a successful lyricist in the 1920s and '30s, collaborating with composer Nacio Herb Brown on dozens of songs for MGM musicals.
- The one "original" song written specifically for the movie is actually a rip-off. As the film was about to commence shooting, directors Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly realized Donald O’Connor didn’t have a solo number.
- Debbie Reynolds had no dance experience before she made the movie. She pointed this out when she was asked to be in Singin’ in the Rain, but Kelly said he could teach her, just as he’d done with Frank Sinatra for Anchors Aweigh.
Sep 20, 2010 · Debbie Reynolds tells a story about how Fred Astaire encouraged her to keep working hard on the dance routines for SINGIN' IN THE RAIN. ...more.
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Oct 13, 2022 · Fred Astaire helped Debbie Reynolds on ‘Singin’ in the Rain’. When Reynolds appeared in Singin’ in the Rain, she didn’t have much experience in acting or dancing. While she managed to...
Jan 29, 2017 · During the filming, Gene Kelly had insulted her for the lack of dancing experience, which made the young actress quite upset. After the insult, Debbie was found crying under a piano by Fred Astaire, who happened to be around.
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Apr 10, 2017 · Indeed, one day, Fred Astaire found Reynolds crying under a piano and consoled her by offering to coach her himself. Years later, Reynolds would famously say that "Singin' in the Rain" and ...
