Tag Archive for: Debbie Reynolds

Color lobby card for Singin’ in the Rain featuring three performers linked arm in arm in the center of the image. The design includes a yellow background, a blue umbrella graphic with the words “MGM’s Technicolor Musical Treasure!,” and prominent red title text reading “Singin’ in the Rain.” Cast and production credits appear along the sides and bottom of the promotional artwork.

A Who’s Who from Singin’ in the Rain

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The instant someone mentions Singin’ in the Rain (1952), you picture actor Gene Kelly with a lamppost in one hand and an unused umbrella in the other while he belts out the lyrics: I’m singin’ in the rain, just singin’ in the rain What a glorious feelin’, I’m happy again Considered by many to be […]

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Art Deco–style infographic titled From Silent Films to Singin’ in the Rain showing a timeline of film history from 1895 to 1952. The graphic highlights the silent film era (1895–1931), the release of The Jazz Singer in 1927 as the first commercially successful feature film with synchronized dialogue, the transition period when silent films and talkies coexisted (1927–1931), and the effective end of the silent era in 1931. A separate marker shows that the story of Singin’ in the Rain is set in 1927–1928, while the film was written in 1950–1951, filmed in 1951, and premiered in 1952. Decorative film, microphone, spotlight, and movie-themed icons appear throughout the blue-and-gold design.

Spanning the Eras

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Staging a play set in the 1950s that’s about a film set in the 1920s   In 1951, as the classic movie musical An American in Paris was being released, director Stanley Donen and star Gene Kelly came together for a new film, now frequently named as the greatest movie musical of all time: Singin’ […]

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Vintage illustrated poster advertising Elitch’s Zoological Gardens in Denver, Colorado, featuring drawings of animals including a lion, tiger, elephant, and camel, along with scenes of gardens, attractions, buildings, and the park entrance.

The Amazing History of Nation’s Original Summer Stock Theatre

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Historic Elitch Theatre Celebrates 135th Anniversary People in Denver driving along 38th Avenue at Tennyson Street can be forgiven if they wonder what those two strange structures are, just fleetingly visible off to the south. One appears to be a 12-sided, open-air pavilion with a gently rounded circular roof, while behind across a grass lawn […]

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