Singin' in the Rain

ComedyRomance4.1

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.

April 10, 1952 · Directed by Gene Kelly

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