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Debbie Reynolds and Gene Kelly

Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Gene Kelly - Singin’ in the Rain, 1952 [source]

“I was smoking four packs of cigarettes a day then, and getting up those walls was murder. They had to bank one wall so I could make it up and then through another wall,” 16 recalled Donald. “We filmed that whole sequence in one day. We did it on a concrete floor. 17 My body just had to absorb this tremendous shock. 18 Things were building to such a crescendo that I thought I’d have to commit suicide for the ending. 19 “I came back on the set three days later. All the grips applauded. Gene applauded, told me what a great number it was. Then Gene said: ‘Do you think you could do that number again?’ I said: ‘Sure, any time.’ He said: ‘Well, we’re going to have to do it again tomorrow.’ No one had checked the aperture of the camera and they fogged out all the film. 20 So the next day I did it again! By the end my feet and ankles were a mass of bruises.” 21

A microphone was hidden in Debbie Reynolds’ blouse so her lines could be heard more clearly. During one of the dance numbers, her heartbeat can be heard, mirroring what happens to Lina Lamont in the movie itself.

Singin’ in The Rain (1952)

Singin’ in the Rain - Gene Kelly

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Singin’ in the Rain, 1952. (dir. Stanley Donen)

“She can’t act, she can’t sing, and she can’t dance. A triple threat.” Singin’ In the Rain (1952)

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