Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly)’s Timeline and Summary

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• At the premiere of his latest hit movie, Don tells the crowd his life story. One problem: It's all fiction.
• Don tries to convince Lina that they're not a couple just because the press says they are. It doesn't work.
• Don meets Kathy. She tells him she's a stage actress and that she thinks stage actors are more dignified than film actors. He's upset.
• At R.F.'s party, Don sees that Kathy's actually a dancer. He's intrigued. She runs away, embarrassed.
• R.F. tells Don that his next flick, The Dueling Cavalier, will be a talkie.
• Don tries to find Kathy for weeks and fails, only to run into her on set.
• Don takes diction lessons.
• Don and Lina shoot The Dueling Cavalier. It's plagued by sound problems.
• Don and Cosmo convince R.F. to turn Cavalier into a musical. Kathy dubs over Lina's horrendous voice. The movie's a hit.
• When Lina threatens to ruin Kathy's career by forcing her to be her voice forever, Don threatens to walk.
• Don, Cosmo, and R.F. expose Lina as a fraud to the audience at the Cavalier premiere.
• When Kathy tries to flee, embarrassed once again, Don wins her back by telling the crowd that she's the real star of the movie.
• Don and Kathy co-star in a film called Singin' in the Rain. How meta.