Jessica! Possibly one of my memorable nights of movie going occurred
some 30 years ago at
a special showing of *Singin' in the Rain* at the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art. It was completely
sold out and clearly everyone there was a huge aficionado of the film.
Virtually every line was
met with huge roars of laughter and the audience applauded at the end of
every musical number like
they were watching a Broadway show. When the film was over two very
special guests were brought
out and introduced on stage. First came Jean Hagen: wild, hysterical
applause...and then Gene Kelly
himself came out: even more wild, hysterical applause.
An evening very much to be treasured.
Cheers (again!)
Anthony
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Anthony E. Anderson
Social Studies and Arts & Humanities Librarian
Von KleinSmid Library
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182
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"Wind, regen, zon, of kou,
Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou."
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Jessica Rosner wrote:
and for even more trivia, many of the songs for Hollywood Revue
including "Singin in the Rain" were written by Arthur Freed who later
became the producer of many of the top MGM musicals including "Singin
in the Rain". Some of the film was based on his memories of the early
Hollywood musicals.
FYI for the record I have seen Singin in the Rain at least 16 times
but not for 6 or 7 years. All viewings were on film with an audience.
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Williams, Alex O.
<a...@typecastfilms.com <mailto:a...@typecastfilms.com>> wrote:
Along with "Singin' In the Rain" it might be interesting to show
"The Hollywood Revue of 1929," available from Warner Archives here:
http://www.wbshop.com/Hollywood-Revue-of-1929/1000179896,default,pd.html?cgid=
The film was made to showcase MGM's roster of silent stars,
introducing them as stars of the new talkies. Some in the film
went on to become even bigger stars in the sound era. But many in
the film are not well known today, since they failed to make a
successful transition to sound. "The Hollywood Revue of 1929"
actually ends with a big, all-star "Singin' In the Rain" finale
in Technicolor.
Alex
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On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Jessica Rosner
<jessicapros...@gmail.com <mailto:jessicapros...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I suspect Singin in the Rain is far better than The Artist for
the subject. It is by far the fiction film which covers the
subject as its main plot and in some detail and was made by
people who actually remember when it happened even if they
were not directly involved. Also one the greatest movies ever
made. I can actually recite most of the dialogue and lyrics by
heart.
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Karsten, Eileen
<kars...@mx.lakeforest.edu <mailto:kars...@mx.lakeforest.edu>>
wrote:
Dear CW,
I have a patron who wanted to use the new film The Artist
as the basis for a paper. The paper was about the
transition in Hollywood from silent film to talkies.
Of course, the film is not opening in the US until Nov.
23^rd as a limited run. I suggested Singin in the Rain as
an alternative. Does anybody have any suggestions for
other films?
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