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Plot
Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) is a popular silent film star with humble roots as a singer, dancer, and stuntman. Don barely tolerates his vain, cunning, and shallow leading lady, Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen), though their studio, Monumental Pictures, links them romantically to increase their popularity. Lina is convinced they are in love, despite Don's protestations otherwise.

At the premiere of his newest film, The Royal Rascal, Don tells the gathered crowd an exaggerated version of his life story, including his motto: "Dignity, always dignity." His words are humorously contradicted by flashbacks showing him alongside his best friend Cosmo Brown (Donald O'Connor). To escape from his fans after the premiere, Don jumps into a passing car driven by Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds). She drops him off, but not before claiming to be a stage actress and sneering at his "undignified" accomplishments as a movie star.

Later, at a party, the head of Don's studio, R.F. Simpson (Millard Mitchell), shows a short demonstration of a talking picture,[a] but his guests are unimpressed. To Don's amusement, Kathy pops out of a mock cake right in front of him, revealing herself to be a chorus girl. Furious at Don's teasing, she throws a real cake at him, only to hit Lina right in the face. She runs away. Don is smitten with Kathy and searches for her for weeks. While filming a love scene, Lina tells him that she had Kathy fired. Don finally finds Kathy working in another Monumental Pictures production. She confesses to having been a fan of his all along.

After a rival studio has an enormous hit with its first talking picture, the 1927 film The Jazz Singer, R.F. decides he has no choice but to convert the next Lockwood and Lamont film, The Duelling Cavalier, into a talkie. The production is beset with difficulties, including Lina's grating voice and strong New York accent. An exasperated diction coach tries to teach her how to speak properly, but to no avail. The Duelling Cavalier's test screening is a disaster; the actors are barely audible thanks to the awkward placing of the microphones, Don repeats the line "I love you" to Lina over and over, to the audience's derisive laughter,[b] and in the middle of the film, the sound goes out of synchronization, with hilarious results.

Don, Kathy and Cosmo come up with the idea to turn The Duelling Cavalier into a musical called The Dancing Cavalier, complete with a modern musical number called "Broadway Melody". Cosmo, inspired by a scene in The Duelling Cavalier where Lina's voice was out of sync, suggests that they dub Lina's voice with Kathy's. R.F. approves the idea but tells them not to inform Lina about the dubbing. When Lina finds out, she is infuriated. She becomes even angrier when she discovers that R.F. intends to give Kathy a screen credit and a big publicity buildup afterward. Lina threatens to sue R.F. unless he orders Kathy to continue working uncredited as Lina's voice. R.F. reluctantly agrees to her demands, as a clause in her contract states that she can sue whenever denied a role of her choosing.

The premiere of The Dancing Cavalier is a tremendous success. When the audience clamors for Lina to sing live, Don, Cosmo, and R.F. tell her to lip sync into the microphone while Kathy, hidden behind the curtain, sings into a second one. While Lina is "singing," Don, Cosmo and R.F. gleefully raise the curtain. Lina flees. A distressed Kathy tries to run away as well, but Don proudly announces to the audience that she's "the real star of the film." Later, Kathy and Don kiss in front of a billboard for their new film, Singin' in the Rain.
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singin'_in_the_Rain

Cast
Gene Kelly as Don Lockwood ジーン・ケリー
Debbie Reynolds as Kathy Selden デビー・レイノルズ
Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown ドナルド・オコーナー
Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont ジーン・ヘイゲン
Millard Mitchell as R.F. Simpson ミラード・ミッチェル
Rita Moreno as Zelda Zanders リタ・モレノ

Academy Awards
Nominated
Best Supporting Actress (Jean Hagen)
Best Original Music Score

今日の作品は1952年制作の「雨に唄えば」。主演はジーン・ケリー、デビー・レイノルズ、ドナルド・オコーナー。デビー・レイノルズといえば「スターウォーズ」のレイア姫を演じたキャリー・フィッシャーの母です。去年レイノルズ死去のニュースが流れるまで全くこのことを知りませんでした。監督はジーン・ケリーとスタンリー・ドーネンの共同。

本作品。典型的な1950年代のミュージカル映画であり、メトロ・ゴールドウィン・メイヤーの代表作の一つです。この映画は1920年代のサイレント映画からトーキーに移る過渡期の映画界を描いたものです。「ブロードウェイメロディー」という1929年公開の映画の製作過程が本作品に反映されています。
ミュージカル映画ということで数多くの曲が使われていますが、ドナルド・オコーナーのMake them Laughを除いてはこの映画の制作に際して作られたわけではありません。Singin' in the Rainという曲も1929年に作られていていろんな人が歌っています。映画で使われている曲は映画のプロデューサーでもあるアーサー・フリードが作詞をしています。

この映画で印象的なのはジーン・ヘイゲン演じるリナの悪声。実際のヘイゲンは映画のように甲高い声では無く穏やかな声だそうです。劇中がキャシーがリナの声を吹き替えることになりますが、あの声はヘイゲン自身の声が使われています。

ミュージカル映画の最盛期は1940年代から1950年代にかけて。その後は金のかかるミュージカル映画は下火になっていきました。ミュージカル映画というジャンルがなくなったわけではありませんが、1960年代に入ってからのミュージカル映画は「雨に唄えば」のようなダンスはタップといった映画ではなくなります。

それでは最後にこの映画の最も有名なシーンをどうぞ。

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