Quiz Musicals: Will you manage to catch the wrong note?

Noticed by skin after the passage, Singing in the Rain was released this Wednesday, June 1, in a restored version. To celebrate the 70th anniversary and remind us that this is still the best musical of all time. And one of the greatest films in the history of cinema. Quite simply.

The occasion is therefore perfect for its re-examination. But also in the genre that is one of the most cinematic in the world because it combines song and dance with directing and acting. From the recent performances of Annette and La La Land, ranging from Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire, try not to get me wrong.

Directed by Stanley Donnen and Gene Kelly (who mainly cared about the musical part), Rain in the Rain is one of those movies that talk about cinema. And especially this moment when the 7th art shifted from silence to talk, pushing the industry to reinvent itself … and end several careers. With not-so-kinogenic voices of actors.

Gene Kelly here portrays Don Lockwood, some silly handsome man who loves to write his own legend on the red carpet and whose salvation will come through song and dance. As well as his meeting with Katie Selden (Debbie Reynolds), who dreams of becoming an actress. It is rare for feature films to depict such a memorable sequence as the legendary one that gives its name to the film.

A scene in which the adjective has not been stolen “Worship” And which is still the subject of fantasies on its set. For example, it is said that milk was added to water to make the drops more visible to the camera. Or the Jean Kelly wool costume was compressed from the impregnation. Which is totally wrong according to Patricia Ward Kelly, the actress’s last wife and her guarantor of her inheritance, who when we met in Cannes also told us that the scene was filmed at 39 ° C.

Pre-conceived ideas that contribute to the legend of the film, which will also be screened at the Cinémathèque française three times in July as part of a retrospective dedicated to Stanley Donne.