Singin' in the Rain

In Singin' in the Rain (1952), a movie studio, Monumental Pictures is set out to change from silent films to talking pictures. In this Musical genre film, we get dancing, singing, and some comedy to make it a fun watch. It is packed with songs to keep everyone entertained. Two famous movie actors, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont, face hardships from the movie industry, Lockwood finds what he really wants to do.

In the beginning of the film, we get a look at where Lockwood came from. He meet his friend Cosmo Brown when he was young, and have stuck together through everything. We see how humble Lockwood is and how much of a hard worker he can be in movies. This Opening Image helps us better understand where Lockwood comes from, and where he would like to go. "Dignity, always dignity," he keeps saying.

Later one we meet Kathy Selden who mistakes Lockwood for a criminal. We find out that she doesn't like big movie actors because they "can't act". This puts Lockwood into a rough spot for his thoughts, he thinks he's not a good actor. With this eating away at him, he continues to run into Selden time and time again. When he loses her, she is all he can think about for three weeks. In this time, the president of Monumental Pictures, tells Lockwood and Brown that they are switching to talking pictures. This is where Selden meets back up with Lockwood, she is to star in the first talking picture with Lockwood himself. This is our Catalyst of the film.

While the two get to know each other more and more, the begin to see romance start to build between them. They soon start to sing together on a movie set. This the Mid Point in the film.

With the new talking picture out on preview, the audience finds it to be a funny because of the audio out of sync. Everybody hates the new picture and find Lockwood and Lamont to be junk actors. Brings down Lockwood a lot and makes him want to quit acting. With this, All is Lost is next. He decides to make a musical to save his career, all before "The Dueling Cavalier" is released to the public. They run into a hard spot when they realize that Lamont would be upset with out her in the production. Brown proposes an ideas to make sure this doesn't happen; have Selden sing behind camera for Lamont.

At the Premiere of "The Dueling Cavalier", the audience loves the movie and ask for more. Once Lamont goes on stage for an encore, Kathy sings right behind the curtain. Lockwood's plan the whole time was to show who the real singer and the "real star of the film" is. Once the curtain is pulled, Selden runs away crying, but is pulled back to Lockwood and starts her career as a movie star.