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Jack Haley
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Jack Haley
Haley in Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Born
John Joseph Haley Jr.
(1897-08-10)August 10, 1897[1][2]
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
June 6, 1979(1979-06-06) (aged 81)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.[3]
Occupation
Actor, comedian, singer, dancer
Years active
1924–1977
Known for
The Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Spouse(s)
Florence McFadden (m. 1921)
Children
2, including Jack Haley Jr.
John Joseph Haley Jr (August 10, 1897 – June 6, 1979) was an American vaudevillian, actor, radio host, comedian, singer and dancer best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man and his farmhand counterpart Hickory in the classic 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 "The Tin Man" in The Wizard of Oz
3 Personal life
3.1 Final years and death
4 Film
5 Short films
6 Broadway
7 References
8 External links
Early life[edit]
Haley was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Canadian-born parents John Joseph Haley Sr. and Ellen Curley Haley. His father was a sailor by trade and died in a ship wreck off the coast of Nova Scotia on February 1, 1898, when Jack was only six months old.[4] He had one older brother, Bill, who died of pneumonia in 1915 at the age of 20 after contracting tuberculosis.[5]
Career[edit]
Haley (far left) in a trailer for Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Haley headlined in vaudeville as a song-and-dance comedian. One of his closest friends was Fred Allen, who would frequently mention "Mr. Jacob Haley of Newton Highlands, Massachusetts" on the air. In the early 1930s, Haley starred in comedy shorts for Vitaphone in Brooklyn, New York. His wide-eyed, good-natured expression gained him supporting roles in musical feature films, including Poor Little Rich Girl with Shirley Temple, Higher and Higher with Frank Sinatra and the Irving Berlin musical Alexander's Ragtime Band. Both Poor Little Rich Girl and Alexander's Ragtime Band were released by Twentieth Century-Fox. Haley was under contract to them and appeared in the Fox films Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and Pigskin Parade, marking his first appearance with Judy Garland. Haley hosted a radio show from 1937 to 1939 known to many as The Jack Haley Show. The first season (1937-1938), the show was sponsored by Log Cabin Syrup and was known as The Log Cabin Jamboree. The next season (1938-1939), the show was sponsored by Wonder Bread and was known as The Wonder Show. During the second season the show featured Gale Gordon and Lucille Ball as regular radio performers.[6]
Haley returned to musical comedies in the 1940s. Most of his '40s work was for RKO Radio Pictures. He left the studio in 1947 when he refused to appear in a remake of RKO's Seven Keys to Baldpate. Phillip Terry took the role. He subsequently went into real estate, taking guest roles in television series over the next couple of decades.
"The Tin Man" in The Wizard of Oz[edit]
Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger and Jack Haley reunited in 1970
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hired Haley for the part of the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz after its contracted song-and-dance comedian Buddy Ebsen suffered an almost fatal allergic reaction. He had unwittingly inhaled some of the aluminum dust that composed the majority of the components that went into the creation of his silver face makeup. Bits of it instantly began to settle on his lungs and within a few days of principal photographic testing, he found himself preparing to sit down to dinner one night only to encounter difficulties taking a regular breath of oxygen. The dust was subsequently converted into a paste for Haley in the hope that the previous catastrophe that befell Ebsen would not be repeated. This time around, however, a different incident occurred. The application of the aluminum paste to Haley's face resulted in an eye infection that led to his being off the set for four days of shooting. Appropriate surgical treatment was administered and any chance of serious or permanent eye damage averted.[7] Haley also portrayed the Tin Man's Kansas counterpart, Hickory, one of Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's farmhands.
Haley did not remember the makeup or the costume fondly. Interviewed about the film years later by Tom Snyder, he related that many fans assumed making the film was a fun experience. Haley said, "Like hell it was. It was work!" For his role as the Tin Woodman, Haley spoke in the same soft tone he used when reading bedtime stories to his children. Oz was one of only two films Haley made for MGM. The other was Pick a Star, a 1937 Hal Roach production distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Personal life[edit]
Haley (second from left) at the National Film Society Convention on May 30, 1979, (one week before his death)
Haley was raised Roman Catholic.[8] He was a member of the Good Shepherd Parish and the Catholic Motion Picture Guild in Beverly Hills, California.[9] He married Florence McFadden (1902–1996), a native of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on February 25, 1921; "I met her casually" Jack recalled. "As show people often do, and we became inseparable." They remained married until his death. Flo Haley opened a successful beauty shop and had many film personalities among her clients. The couple had a son, Jack Haley Jr. (1933–2001), who became a successful film producer, and a daughter, Gloria (1923–2010).[10] In 1974, the younger Haley married entertainer Liza Minnelli, the daughter of his father's Oz co-star Judy Garland. The marriage ended in divorce in 1979. Jack Haley Jr. died on April 21, 2001. Gloria Haley-Parnassus died on May 1, 2010. His nephew Bob Dornan served as a Republican congressman from California.
Final years and death[edit]
Jack and Florence Haley's grave at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California. Their son, Jack Haley, Jr., is buried next to them.
Haley's last film appearance was in 1977's New York, New York—in the lavish "Happy Endings" musical number, he played a host who introduces a top Broadway star at an award ceremony, played by his then-daughter-in-law, Liza Minnelli. On April 9, 1979 he appeared at the 51st Academy Awards ceremony with his Oz co-star Ray Bolger to present the award for Best Costume Design. Bolger announced the nominees, Haley the winner. Before he could open the envelope, Bolger asked, "How come you get to read the winner?", to which Haley replied, "When your son produces the show, you can announce the winner." Jack Jr. was the show's producer that year. Haley remained active until a week before his death.
On June 6, 1979, Haley died of a heart attack at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California at the age of 81.[11] He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California.[10]
Haley's autobiography, Heart of the Tin Man, was published in 2000.
Film[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Director/Studio
Notes
1927 Broadway Madness Radio Announcer Burton L. King
Excellent Pictures Film debut
1930 Follow Thru Jack Martin Lloyd Corrigan and
Laurence Schwab
Paramount Performer: Button Up Your Overcoat
1933 Mr. Broadway Jack Haley Johnnie Walker and
Edgar G. Ulmer
Broadway-Hollywood Productions
Sitting Pretty Pete Pendleton Harry Joe Brown
Paramount Performer: You’re Such a Comfort to Me; I Wanna Meander with Miranda and Good Morning Glory
1934 Here Comes the Groom Mike Scanlon Edward Sedgwick
Paramount
1935 Spring Tonic Sykes Clyde Bruckman
Fox Film Corporation
Redheads on Parade Peter Mathews Norman Z. McLeod
Fox Film Corporation
The Girl Friend Henry H. Henry Edward Buzzell
Columbia Pictures Performer: What is This Power and Two Together
Coronado Chuck Hornbostel Norman Z. McLeod
Paramount Performer: All's Well in Coronado by the Sea and Keep Your Fingers Crossed
1936 F-Man Johnny Dime Edward F. Cline
Paramount
Poor Little Rich Girl Jimmy Dolan Irving Cummings
20th Century Fox Performer: You've got to Eat your Spinach Baby and Military Man
Mr. Cinderella Joe Jenkins/
Aloysius P. Merriweather Edward Sedgwick
MGM
Pigskin Parade Winston ‘Slug’ Winters David Butler
20th Century Fox Performer: You Do the Darndest Things Baby and The Balboa
1937 Pick a Star Joe Jenkins Edward Sedgwick
MGM Performer: Pick A Star and I've Got It Bad
She Had to Eat Danny Decker Malcolm St. Clair
20th Century Fox
Wake Up and Live Eddie Kane Sidney Lanfield
20th Century Fox
Danger – Love at Work Henry MacMorrow Otto Preminger
20th Century Fox Performer: Danger Love at Work
Uncredited
Ali Baba Goes to Town Himself - Cameo David Butler
20th Century Fox Uncredited
1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Orville Smithers Allan Dwan
20th Century Fox Performer: Alone With You
Alexander’s Ragtime Band Davey Lane Henry King
20th Century Fox Performer: Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning; That International Rag and
In My Harem (DVD extra only)
Hold That Co-ed Wilber Peters George Marshall
20th Century Fox
Thanks for Everything Henry Smith William A. Seiter
20th Century Fox
1939 The Wizard of Oz The Tin Man / Hickory Victor Fleming
MGM (writer, uncredited)
Performer: If I Only Had a Heart and The Merry Old Land of Oz
1941 Moon Over Miami Jack O’Hara Walter Lang
20th Century Fox Performer: Is That Good?
Navy Blues ‘Powerhouse’ Bolton Lloyd Bacon
Warner Bros. Performer: When are we Going to Land Abroad
1942 Beyond the Blue Horizon Squidge Sullivan Alfred Santell
Paramount
1944 Higher and Higher Mike O’Brien Tim Whelan
RKO Pictures Performer: Today I'm a Debutante and The Music Stopped
Take It Big Jack North Frank McDonald
Paramount Performer: Take It Big
One Body Too Many Albert Tuttle Frank McDonald
Paramount
1945 Scared Stiff Larry Elliot Frank McDonald
Paramount
George White's Scandals Jack Evans Felix E. Feist
RKO Pictures
Sing Your Way Home Steve Kimball Anthony Mann
RKO Pictures
1946 People Are Funny Pinky Wilson Sam White
Paramount Performer: Hey Jose
Vacation in Reno Jack Caroll Leslie Goodwins
RKO Pictures Last major film before retirement from motion pictures
1970 Norwood Mr. Reese Jack Haley, Jr.
Paramount Directed by his son producer/director Jack Haley Jr.
1977 New York, New York Master of Ceremonies Martin Scorsese
United Artists This film marked Jack Haley’s final screen appearance.
Uncredited, (final film role)
Short films[edit]
Year
Movie title
Role
Notes
1928 Haleyisms Jack Haley Also stars his wife Flo McFadden; Vitaphone production reel #2269
1930 The 20th Amendment Wallace Moore
Success Elmer Performer: "Just a Gigolo"; Vitaphone production reel #1257-1258
1932 The Imperfect Lover Vitaphone production reel #1324-1325
Absent Minded Abner Abner Vitaphone production reel #1372-1373
Sherlock’s Home Vitaphone production reel #1441-1442
Then Came the Yawn
1933 The Build Up Vitaphone production reel #1444-1445
Wrongorilla Elmer Vitaphone production reel #1486-1484
Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 Himself
An Idle Roomer Vitaphone production reel #1531-1532
Nothing but the Tooth Smilie Jones Performer: "Smiles"; Vitaphone production reel #1542-1543
Salt Water Daffy Elmer Wagonbottom
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9 Himself Documentary/News Reel
1946 Screen Snapshots: The Skolsky Party Himself Documentary/News Reel
Screen Snapshots: Famous Fathers and Sons Himself Documentary/News Reel
Broadway[edit]
Title
Role
Run
Theater
Notes
Round the Town Jack Haley May 21, 1924 - May 31, 1924 Century Promenade Theatre 15 performances
Gay Paree Jack Haley August 18, 1925 - January 30, 1926 Shubert Theatre 181 performances
Gay Paree Jack Haley November 9, 1926 - April 9, 1927 Winter Garden Theatre 192 performances
Follow Thru Jack Martin January 9, 1929 - December 21, 1929 Chanin’s 46th Theatre 401 performances
Sang: Button Up Your Overcoat with Zelma O’Neal
In 1930, he starred in Technicolor’s film version
Free For All Steve Potter Jr. September 8, 1931 - September 19, 1931 Manhattan Theatre 15 performances
Take a Chance Duke Stanley November 26, 1932 - July 1, 1933 Apollo Theatre 243 performances
Higher and Higher Zachary Ash April 4, 1940 - June 15, 1940 Shubert Theatre 84 performances
Higher and Higher Zachary Ash August 5, 1940 - August 24, 1940 Shubert Theatre 24 performances
In 1943, he starred with Frank Sinatra in film version
Show Time Jack Haley September 16, 1942 - April 3, 1943 Broadhurst Theatre 342 performances
Inside U.S.A. Jack Haley April 30, 1948 - February 19, 1949 New Century Theatre and
Majestic Theatre 399 performances
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "TH-266-12351-56802-28 (4537×3913)". FamilySearch.org. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
Jump up ^ "TH-1971-25965-26184-7 (3078×1533)". FamilySearch.org. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Jack Haley". Social Security Death Index. FamilySearch.org. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
Jump up ^ http://phw01.newsbank.com/cache/arhb/fullsize/pl_008272014_1253_31760_626.pdf[permanent dead link]
Jump up ^ Haley, Jack (March 1, 2001). "Heart of the Tin Man: The Collected Writings of Jack Haley". Seven Locks Pr. Retrieved December 31, 2017 – via Amazon.
Jump up ^ Reinehr, Robert; Swartz, Jon (2007). Historical Dictionary of Old Time Radio. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 137. ISBN 9780810857803.
Jump up ^ "Wizard of Oz and Buddy Ebsen". Snopes.com. July 26, 1997. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Sun Journal". www.news.google.com.
Jump up ^ "Our History - Church of the Good Shepherd". Church of the Good Shepherd. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "Jack Haley". www.NNDB.com. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
Jump up ^ Smith, J. Y. (June 7, 1979). "Jack Haley Dies, Was Tin Man in 'The Wizard of Oz'". Retrieved December 31, 2017 – via www.WashingtonPost.com. Jack Haley, 79, who played the shy and diffident Tin Woodman in the film classic "The Wizard of Oz," died yesterday at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after a heart attack.
External links[edit]
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Jack Haley on IMDb
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Jack Haley at Find a Grave
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Singin' in the Rain
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This article is about the 1952 film. For the 1929 song sung in this film, see Singin' in the Rain (song). For the stage musical, see Singin' in the Rain (musical).
Singin' in the Rain
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Gene Kelly
Stanley Donen
Produced by
Arthur Freed
Screenplay by
Betty Comden
Adolph Green
Story by
Betty Comden
Adolph Green
Starring
Gene Kelly
Donald O'Connor
Debbie Reynolds
Music by
Lennie Hayton (original score)[1]
Songs:
Nacio Herb Brown (music)
Arthur Freed (lyrics)
Cinematography
Harold Rosson
Edited by
Adrienne Fazan
Production
company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by
Loew's Inc.
Release date
March 27, 1952 (1952-03-27) (Radio City Music Hall)
April 11, 1952 (1952-04-11) (United States)
Running time
103 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$2.5 million[2]
Box office
$12.4 million[2]
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. It offers a lighthearted depiction of Hollywood in the late 1920s, with the three stars portraying performers caught up in the transition from silent films to "talkies".
The film was only a modest hit when first released. Donald O'Connor won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and Betty Comden and Adolph Green won the Writers Guild of America Award for their screenplay, while Jean Hagen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. However, it has since been accorded legendary status by contemporary critics, and is frequently regarded as the best film musical ever made,[3] and the best film ever made in the "Freed Unit" at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It topped the AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals list and is ranked as the fifth-greatest American motion picture of all time in its updated list of the greatest American films in 2007. In 1989, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry. In 2005 the British Film Institute included it in their list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14. In Sight & Sound magazine's 2017 list of the 50 greatest films of all time, Singin' in the Rain placed 20th.[4].
Contents
[hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Songs
4 Production
4.1 Revisions from early drafts
4.2 Scenes filmed but cut before release
4.3 Other notes
5 Reception
5.1 Critical response
6 Awards and honors
7 Home media
8 Adaptations
9 In popular culture
10 See also
11 References
12 External links
Plot[edit]
Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) is a popular silent film star with humble roots as a singer, dancer, and stuntman. Don barely tolerates his vain, cunning, and shallow leading lady, Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen), though their studio, Monumental Pictures, links them romantically to increase their popularity. Lina is convinced they are in love, despite Don's protestations otherwise.
At the premiere of his newest film, The Royal Rascal, Don tells the gathered crowd an exaggerated version of his life story, including his motto: "Dignity, always dignity." His words are humorously contradicted by flashbacks showing him alongside his best friend Cosmo Brown (Donald O'Connor). To escape from his fans after the premiere, Don jumps into a passing car driven by Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds). She drops him off, but not before claiming to be a stage actress and sneering at his "undignified" accomplishments as a movie star.
Later, at a party, the head of Don's studio, R.F. Simpson (Millard Mitchell), shows a short demonstration of a talking picture,[a] but his guests are unimpressed. To Don's amusement, Kathy pops out of a mock cake right in front of him, revealing herself to be a chorus girl. Furious at Don's teasing, she throws a real cake at him, only to hit Lina right in the face. She runs away. Don is smitten with Kathy and searches for her for weeks. While filming a love scene, Lina tells him that she had Kathy fired. Don finally finds Kathy working in another Monumental Pictures production. She confesses to having been a fan of his all along.
After a rival studio has an enormous hit with its first talking picture, the 1927 film The Jazz Singer, R.F. decides he has no choice but to convert the next Lockwood and Lamont film, The Duelling Cavalier, into a talkie. The production is beset with difficulties, including Lina's grating voice and strong New York accent. An exasperated diction coach tries to teach her how to speak properly, but to no avail. The Duelling Cavalier's test screening is a disaster; the actors are barely audible thanks to the awkward placing of the microphones, Don repeats the line "I love you" to Lina over and over, to the audience's derisive laughter,[b] and in the middle of the film, the sound goes out of synchronization, with hilarious results as Don's voice is heard while Lina is speaking and vice versa.
Don, Kathy and Cosmo come up with the idea to turn The Duelling Cavalier into a musical called The Dancing Cavalier, complete with a modern musical number called "Broadway Melody". Cosmo, inspired by a scene in The Duelling Cavalier where Lina's voice was out of sync, suggests that they dub Lina's voice with Kathy's. R.F. approves the idea but tells them not to inform Lina about the dubbing. When Lina finds out, she is infuriated. She becomes even angrier when she discovers that R.F. intends to give Kathy a screen credit and a big publicity buildup afterward. Lina threatens to sue R.F. unless he orders Kathy to continue working uncredited as Lina's voice. R.F. reluctantly agrees to her demands, as a clause in her contract states that she can sue whenever denied a role of her choosing.
The premiere of The Dancing Cavalier is a tremendous success. When the audience clamors for Lina to sing live, Don, Cosmo, and R.F. tell her to lip sync into the microphone while Kathy, hidden behind the curtain, sings into a second one. While Lina is "singing," Don, Cosmo and R.F. gleefully raise the curtain, revealing the fakery. Lina flees. A distressed Kathy tries to run away as well, but Don proudly announces to the audience that she's "the real star of the film." Later, Kathy and Don kiss in front of a billboard for their new film, Singin' in the Rain.
Cast[edit]
Gene Kelly as Don Lockwood. His performance in the song "Singin' in the Rain" is now considered to be iconic.[5]
Debbie Reynolds as Kathy Selden. Directors Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen insisted that Reynolds was always first in their minds for the role.[6] Although the film revolves around the idea that Kathy has to dub over for Lina's voice, in the scene where Kathy is dubbing a line of Lina's dialogue ("Our love will last 'til the stars turn cold"), Jean Hagen's normal voice is used.[7][8][9]
Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown, Don's lifelong pal, and vaudeville partner, who becomes the head of Monumental Pictures' music department.
Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont. Fresh off her role in The Asphalt Jungle, Hagen read for the part for producer Arthur Freed. She did a dead-on impression of Judy Holliday's Billie Dawn character from Born Yesterday, which won her the role.
Millard Mitchell as R.F. Simpson. The initials of the fictional head of Monumental Pictures are a reference to producer Arthur Freed. R.F. also uses one of Freed's favorite expressions when he says that he "cannot quite visualize it" and has to see it on film first, referring to the "Broadway Melody" sequence. This is a joke, since the audience has just seen it.
Cyd Charisse as the long-legged woman in the green sequined dress and Louise Brooks hair who vamps Gene Kelly in the "Broadway Melody" sequence.
Douglas Fowley as Roscoe Dexter, the director of Don and Lina's films.
Rita Moreno as Zelda Zanders, the "Zip Girl" and Lina's friend.
Uncredited
King Donovan as Rod, head of the publicity department at Monumental Pictures.
Judy Landon as Olga Mara, a silent screen vamp who attends the premiere of The Royal Rascal.
Madge Blake as Dora Bailey, a radio show host.
Kathleen Freeman as Phoebe Dinsmore, Lina's diction coach.
Bobby Watson as diction coach during the "Moses Supposes" number.
Jimmy Thompson as the singer of "Beautiful Girl".
Mae Clarke as the hairdresser who puts the finishing touches on Lina Lamont's hairdo.
Songs[edit]
Singin' in the Rain was originally conceived by MGM producer Arthur Freed, the head of the "Freed Unit" responsible for turning out MGM's lavish musicals, as a vehicle for his catalog of songs written with Nacio Herb Brown for previous MGM musical films of the 1929–39 period.[10] Screenwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green wrote two entirely new songs, "Make 'Em Laugh" and "Moses Supposes", the latter with music director Roger Edens providing the music. (see below).[11]
All songs have lyrics by Freed and music by Brown unless otherwise indicated.[11] Some of the songs, such as "Broadway Rhythm," "Should I?," and most notably "Singin' in the Rain," have been featured in numerous films. The films listed below mark the first time each song was presented on screen.
"Fit as a Fiddle (And Ready for Love)" from College Coach (1933)[12] (music by Al Hoffman and Al Goodhart, lyrics by Freed)
"Temptation" (instrumental only) from Going Hollywood (1933)
"All I Do Is Dream of You" from Sadie McKee (1934)[11]
"Singin' in the Rain" from The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)[11]
"Make 'Em Laugh," considered an original song, but bearing a striking resemblance to Cole Porter's "Be a Clown," used in another MGM Freed-produced musical, The Pirate (1948). Credited to Comden and Green.
"Beautiful Girl Montage" comprising "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" from Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935),[11] "The Wedding of the Painted Doll" from The Broadway Melody (1929),[11] "Should I?" from Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)[11] and "Beautiful Girl" from Stage Mother (1933)[11]
"You Were Meant for Me" from The Broadway Melody (1929)[11]
"You Are My Lucky Star" from Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)[11]
"Moses Supposes" (music by Roger Edens, lyrics by Comden and Green), based on the tongue-twister with the same title.
"Good Morning" from Babes In Arms (1939)[11]
"Would You?" from San Francisco (1936)[11]
"Broadway Melody" composed of "The Broadway Melody" from The Broadway Melody (1929)[11] and "Broadway Rhythm" from Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)[11] The music for the "Broadway Ballet" section is by Nacio Herb Brown.[1]
Production[edit]
Revisions from early drafts[edit]
Play media
Trailer
In an early draft of the script, the musical number "Singin' in the Rain" was to be sung by Reynolds, O'Connor, and Kelly, emerging from a restaurant after the flop preview of The Dueling Cavalier, to celebrate the idea of changing the film into a musical.[13]
Kelly singing "You Were Meant For Me" to Reynolds on an empty sound stage was not included in that draft. The number was originally conceived as Kelly singing a medley of other songs to her as they romped around various studio back lot sets.[14]
Rita Moreno was originally to have sung the lead in "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" with other showgirls, but this ended up as part of the "Beautiful Girl Montage" without her.[15]
Scenes filmed but cut before release[edit]
Gene Kelly sang a reprise of "All I Do is Dream of You" after the party at R.F. Simpson's house when Kelly chases after Reynolds. The song, ending in Kelly's bedroom, was cut from the release version after two previews, and the footage has been lost.[16]
Reynolds' solo rendition of "You Are My Lucky Star" (to a billboard showing an image of Lockwood) was cut after previews.[16] This number has survived and is included on the original soundtrack and DVD version of the film.[17]
In the steamy "Vamp Dance" segment of the "Broadway Melody Ballet" with Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly, reviewers from both the Production Code and the Catholic Church's Legion of Decency objected to a brief, suggestive pose or movement between the dancers. Although there is no precise documentation of what or where it was, close examination of footage toward the end of the dance shows an abrupt cut when Charisse is wrapped around Kelly, indicating the probable location.[18]
Other notes[edit]
In the famous dance sequence in which Gene Kelly sings the title song while spinning an umbrella, splashing through puddles and getting soaked to the skin, Kelly was sick with a 103 °F (39 °C) fever.[19][20] The rain in the scene caused Kelly's wool suit to shrink during filming. A common myth is that Kelly managed to perform the entire song in one take, thanks to cameras placed at predetermined locations. However, this was not the case, the filming of the sequence taking place over 2–3 days.[21] Another myth is that the rain was mixed with milk in order for the drops to show up better on camera; but the desired visual effect was produced, albeit with difficulty, through backlighting.[22][23]
Debbie Reynolds was not a dancer when she made Singin' in the Rain; her background was as a gymnast.[17] Kelly apparently insulted her for her lack of dance experience, upsetting her. In a subsequent encounter when Fred Astaire was in the studio, he found Reynolds crying under a piano. Hearing what had happened, Astaire volunteered to help her with her dancing. Kelly later admitted that he had not been kind to Reynolds and was surprised that she was still willing to talk to him afterwards. After shooting the "Good Morning" routine, which had taken from 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. to shoot,[24] Reynolds' feet were bleeding.[17] Years later, she was quoted as saying that "Singin' in the Rain and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life."[25]
Donald O'Connor had to stay in bed in the hospital for several days after filming the "Make 'Em Laugh" sequence, due to his smoking up to four packs of cigarettes a day.[21][26]
Most of the costumes from this film were eventually acquired by Debbie Reynolds and held in her massive collection of original film costumes, sets, and props. Many of these items were sold at a 2011 auction in Hollywood. While most items were sold to private collectors, Donald O'Connor's green check "Fit As a Fiddle" suit and shoes were purchased by Costume World, Inc. They are now on permanent display at the Costume World Broadway Collection Museum in Pompano Beach, Florida.[citation needed]
Reception[edit]
According to MGM records, during the film's initial theatrical release, it made $3,263,000 in the US and Canada and $2,367,000 internationally, earning the studio a profit of $666,000.[27] It was the tenth highest-grossing movie of the year in the US and Canada.[28][29]
Critical response[edit]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film had a score of a perfect 100% "Certified fresh" approval rating based on 49 reviews with an average rating of 9.2/10, the website's critical consensus reads: "Clever, incisive, and funny, Singin' In The Rain is a masterpiece of the classical Hollywood musical."[30]
Awards and honors[edit]
For her role as Lina Lamont, Jean Hagen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film was also nominated for Best Original Music Score for Lennie Hayton.
Donald O'Connor won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his portrayal of Cosmo Brown.[31] Betty Comden and Adolph Green received the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical.[32]
Singin' in the Rain has appeared twice on Sight & Sound's list of the ten best films of all time, in 1982 and 2002. Its position in 1982 was at number 4 on the critics list; on the 2002 critics' list, it was listed as number 10, and it tied for 19 on the directors' list.[33]
Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 100% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 49 reviews, with an average score of 9.2/10. The film is currently ranked as No. 14 on Rotten Tomatoes' list of best rated films.[34] Rotten Tomatoes summarizes the critical consensus as, "Clever, incisive, and funny, Singin' in the Rain is a masterpiece of the classical Hollywood musical."[35] In 2008, Singin' in the Rain was placed on Empire's 500 Greatest Movies of All Time List, ranking at #8, the highest ranked G-rated movie on the list.
In 1989, Singin' in the Rain was among the first 25 films chosen for the newly established National Film Registry for films that are deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation.
The film is recognized by the American Film Institute in these lists:
1998: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #10[36]
2000: AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs – #16[37]
2002: AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – #16[38]
2003: AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains:
Lina Lamont – Nominated Villain[39]
2004: AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs:
"Singin' in the Rain" – #3[40]
"Make 'Em Laugh" – #49[41]
"Good Morning" – #72[42]
2005: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes:
Lina Lamont: "What do they think I am, dumb or something? Why, I make more money than Calvin Coolidge! Put together!" – Nominated[43]
2006: AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals – #1[44]
2007: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #5[45]
Home media[edit]
The 40th Anniversary Edition VHS version released in 1992 includes a documentary, the original trailer, and Reynolds' solo rendition of "You Are My Lucky Star," which had been cut from the final film.[46]
According to the audio commentary on the 2002 Special Edition DVD, the original negative was destroyed in a fire. Despite this, the film was digitally restored for its DVD release. A Blu-ray Ultimate Collector's Edition was released in July 2012.
Adaptations[edit]
Comic book adaptation
Eastern Color Movie Love #14 (April 1952)[47]
Stage adaptation
The Broadway musical Singin' in the Rain was adapted from the motion picture, and the plot of the stage version closely adheres to the original. Directed and choreographed by post-modern choreographer Twyla Tharp, the opening night cast starred Don Correia as Don Lockwood, Mary D'Arcy as Kathy Selden, Richard Fancy as Roscoe Dexter, Faye Grant as Lina Lamont, and Peter Slutsker as Cosmo Brown. The musical opened on July 2, 1985 at the Gershwin Theatre after 39 previews, and ran for 367 performances, closing on May 18, 1986.[48]
In popular culture[edit]
Kelly's hometown Pittsburgh Pirates games at PNC Park play the scene from the film during rain delays.[49]
"Singin' in the Rain" is sung mockingly by Alex DeLarge, played by Malcolm McDowell, in the rape scene in Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange. The Gene Kelly version plays during the end credits.[50]
"Singin' in the Rain" is sung by Inspector Jacques Clouseau played by Peter Sellers as part of the extended version of the grocery scene from The Pink Panther Strikes Again in Blake Edwards 1982 film Trail of the Pink Panther.
1n the 1983 television special Paddington Goes to the Movies, the film is mentioned at some points and Paddington performs a version of Gene Kelly's famous dance from the 1952 film.
In the 1989 Woody Allen film Crimes and Misdemeanors, Cliff (Woody Allen) and Halley (Mia Farrow) watch Singin’ in the Rain at Cliff’s apartment. Cliff claims to watch the film “every few months to keep my spirits up.”
In their 1976 Christmas special, the British comedy act Morecambe and Wise parodied the "Singin' in the Rain" sequence.[51]
Gene Kelly's "Singin' in the Rain" sequence is one of the opening scenes of The Great Movie Ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios.[52] Kelly approved his Audio-Animatronics likeness prior to its delivery to Florida.[53]
The dance to the title song is parodied in the 2005 Broadway musical Spamalot in the dance break to "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life," complete with tap-dancing knights spinning bright yellow umbrellas around.[54]
The "Singin' in the Rain" sequence was featured in a 2005 Volkswagen Golf commercial, with Gene Kelly seen break-dancing in the street. Also featured was Mint Royale's version of the song accompanying the commercial.
Two songs from the film were featured in "The Substitute", a season 2 episode of the musical comedy television series Glee.
In the 2012 film Silver Linings Playbook, Jennifer Lawrence's character is inspired by a clip of Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly dancing to "Moses Supposes" from Singin' in the Rain.
The 2013 anime short Gisoku no Moses features a young female ghost dancing with a pair of haunted dance shoes to the tune of "Moses Supposes."[55]
In the 2015 romantic drama film Brooklyn, Tony Fiorello (Emory Cohen) takes Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) out on a date to see the film. In the next scene, he emulates Gene Kelly's iconic swing on the lamppost.
The scene in which Gene Kelly sings "You Were Meant for Me" is featured in the 2015 Nancy Meyers film The Intern.
Singin' in the Rain was an inspiration for the 2016 musical film La La Land, directed by Damien Chazelle.[56]
The 2017 Eurovision entry of Italy, Occidentali's Karma, features the phrase "Communque vada panta rei, and Singing in the Rain".
The song "Good Morning" was featured in the Legends of Tomorrow Season 3 episode "Phone Home".[57]
See also[edit]
List of films considered the best
List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a film review aggregator website
List of films featuring fictional films
References[edit]
Informational notes
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Further reading
Comden, Betty; Green, Adolph (1986). Singin' in the Rain. New York: Lorrimer Publishing. ISBN 0-85647-116-X. OCLC 13125781.
Ebert, Roger (14 February 1999). "Reviews: Singin' in the Rain". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
"FilmSite Review: Singin' in the Rain (1952)". Filmsite.org. AMC. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
Hess, Earl J.; Dabholkar, Pratibha A. (2009). Singin' in the Rain: The Making of an American Masterpiece. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-1656-5. OCLC 291908067. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
Telek, Scott (11 November 2007). "Speaking vs. Dancing in the Rain". Cinema de Merde. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
Wollen, Peter (1992). Singin' in the Rain. London: BFI Publishing. ISBN 0-85170-351-8. OCLC 27108548.
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"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp"
Song by Three 6 Mafia
from the album Hustle & Flow soundtrack
Released
2005
Genre
Gangsta rap, Crunk
Length
3:02
Label
Atlantic Grand Hustle
Songwriter(s)
DJ Paul, Juicy J, Frayser Boy[1]
Producer(s)
DJ Paul, Juicy J
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" is a song written by hip hop group Three 6 Mafia and Cedric Coleman as the theme song to the film Hustle & Flow.[1] It was ranked #80 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop".[2]
Performances[edit]
The song was performed in Hustle & Flow by Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson as their respective characters DJay and Shug. Three 6 Mafia included their own version of the song with vocalist Paula Campbell on a 2006 special edition reissue of their platinum album Most Known Unknown.
In 2015, Howard and Henson compete against each other in the Season 1 finale of the Spike series Lip Sync Battle and, by popular demand, performed the song as the first duet by competitors in the show's history.[3]
78th Academy Awards[edit]
At the 78th Academy Awards in 2006, Three 6 Mafia and Henson performed the song shortly before it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[1][4] Howard did not wish to perform at the ceremony, and since two of the song's writers are themselves artists in the form of the trio Three 6 Mafia, they were given the opportunity to perform it. In the live performance, the word "bitches" was replaced by "witches" in the chorus, much to the disapproval of the International Society of Witchcraft and the occult community at large. Three 6 Mafia became the first hip hop group to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and the first hip hop artists to perform at the ceremony.[5] It was the second hip hop song to win an Oscar, after Eminem's "Lose Yourself", from the film 8 Mile (2002).[1]
This song became the third in five years to win the Oscar without a Golden Globe Award nomination. The others were "If I Didn't Have You" from Monsters, Inc. (2001) and "Al Otro Lado del Río" from The Motorcycle Diaries (2004).
Their founding member, Luke Mckinnon of Cambridge, Ma, accepted the award on their behalf.
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 137. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
Jump up ^ Blog.vh1.com
Jump up ^ Lip Sync Battle First Competitor Duet - It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp (from Hustle And Flow) - Terrence Howard & Taraji P. Henson Spike TV on YouTube
Jump up ^ Popkin, Helen A.S. (March 5, 2006). 'It’s Hard Out Here' for a good Oscar song. MSNBC. Accessed April 12, 2008.
Jump up ^ "Three 6 Mafia Wins Oscar". xxxlmag.com.
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