Behind the Scenes
Director
Jagger and Richards. Thelma and Louise. Batman and Robin. Some duos are just dynamic. With Singin' in the Rain, Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen teamed up to create one of the most beloved and enduring...
Screenwriter
The next time your English teacher gives you an assignment that seems impossible, we want you to think of Betty Comden and Adolph Green. They're the writing duo whom producer Arthur Freed tagged to...
Production Studio
Back in the day, Metro Goldwyn Mayer—a.k.a. MGM—was to musicals what Michael Jordan was to professional hoops. During the studio's Golden Age, which lasted from roughly 1924 to 1954, MGM cranke...
Production Design
Glorious TechnicolorYou'd be hard-pressed to find a movie that's more colorful than Singin' in the Rain. It's brilliant, it's vibrant, it's intense. That's all thanks to Technicolor, a dye transfer...
Music (Score)
Poor Lennie Hayton. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for his work in Singin' in the Rain, but all anybody ever talks about are the songs. Can you blame th...
Fandoms
When you think of '50s musicals, the first term that comes to mind probably isn't the Internet, but Singin' in the Rain maintains a respectable, albeit small, fan following on the web. There's an o...