Review of Singin' in the Rain (1952) by Huseyn B — 10 Nov 2012

Silent film star Don Lockwood (Kelly) and Lina Lamont (Hagen) starred in another blockbuster Musketeer, but then came the sound of a movie, the audience wants the songs, and do a couple (O'Connor and Reynolds) decided to remake "Dueling Cavalier" in "Knight-dancer." One thing - at Lina's voice, like a drill.

From what could be (and was in "Sunset Boulevard") material of tragedy (the coming of sound broke the life of not one figure silent movies), Gene Kelly, and his 28-year-old assistant co-director Stanley Donen make delightfully ironic comedy with a light, almost optional subject, brilliant jokes and ten best musical numbers in film history. Despite the fact that, unlike most American musicals, this is not based on the Broadway show and the original libretto with old songs Nasio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, his trump card - a quality usually associated with Broadway: a brilliant performance technique and breathless enthusiasm. The film is full of numbers, after which the dancer simply collapses (as Donald O'Connor after a fantastic "Make` Em Laugh ", executed in part on the wall) and, except for the unnecessary divertissement" Broadway Ballet "in the middle, rushing forward, as Gene Kelly in his yellow coat over puddles: splatter, without looking back.