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| Distributor : | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1952 - 103 minutes) |
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| Producers : | Arthur Freed, Roger Edens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Directors / Choreographers : | Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writers : | Betty Comden, Adolph Green | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Composers : | Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Al Hoffman, Al Goodhart, Roger Edens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Plot :
Hollywood - 1927 : Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a famous silent-film romantic pair. While Lockwood and Lamont personify smoldering passions on screen, off-screen Don Lockwood can't stand Lina. He is in love with aspiring actress Kathy Selden. As the talking (and singing) picture revolution shakes the entire movie industry, the director of Monumental Pictures, R.F. Simpson, decides to promote Cosmo Brown, Don Lockwood's best friend and piano accompanist, to musical director. The first problem he has to overcome is how the Lockwood-Lamont couple will fit in a talking movie. Don, an accomplished dancer and singer, should have no trouble adapting to the microphone. Lina, however, has a terrible voice and speaks with the Brooklyn accent, which makes the preview of their first talkie a disaster. Cosmo Brown then decides to turn the movie into a musical, and to dub Lina's voice with Kathy Selden's...
Awards and nominations| 1952, 25th Academy Awards : | |
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Nominated, Best Actress in a Supporting Role : Jean Hagen Nominated, Best Scoring of a Musical Picture : Lennie Hayton |
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| 1952, 10th Annual Golden Globe Awards : | |
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Nominated, Best Picture - Musical or Comedy : Arthur Freed Winner, Best Actor - Musical or Comedy : Donald O'Connor |
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| 1952, Directors Guild of America : | |
| Nominated, Best Director : Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen |
Memorable quotes | ||
| Don Lockwood : | Now Lina, you've been reading all those fan magazines again ! Now look Lina, you shouldn't believe all that banana oil Dora Bailey and the columnists dish out. Now try to get this straight: there is nothing between us. There has never been anything between us. Just air. | |
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| Cosmo Brown : | Lina. She can't act, she can't sing, she can't dance. A triple threat. | |
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| Lina Lamont : | "People" ? I ain't "people". I am a - "a shimmering, glowing star in the cinema firmament." It says so - right there. | |
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| Lina Lamont : | What's wrong with the way I talk? What's the big idea ? Am I dumb or something ? | |
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| Lina Lamont : | They can't make a fool out of Lina Lamont. They can't make a laughing stock out of Lina Lamont. What do they think I am, dumb or something ? Why I make more money than Calvin Coolidge put together ! | |
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