Thursday, July 12, 2012

the talkies.

does anyone else have plans to see singing in the rain tonight for its one-night only return to theaters?  i'm pretty excited, i love seeing before-my-time classics on the big screen to have the experience i missed by being born late in the 20th century ;)  singing is a special one too - i first saw it in 8th grade because it was my best friend's favorite movie, and i was shocked to realize i knew almost all of the songs already, that's how iconic they all became.  and here we are 60 years later, still celebrating it.  sure it's cheesy, but there's also a lot of winking at the audience which i love, and gorgeous 1920s costumes and the dancing - holy talent!  gene kelly and debbie reynolds - national treasures both.  below, my favorite scenes:  

 {good morning, good morning, sunbeams will soon smile through}
{i'm laughing at clouds/so dark up above/the sun's in my heart/and i'm ready for love}
 {moses supposes his toeses are roses/but moses supposes erroneously}
 {he'll kiss her with a sigh/would you?  would you?}
 {no! no! no!/yes! yes! yes!}
 {what a glorious feeling/i'm happy again}
{you're all my lucky charms/i'm lucky in your arms}

anecdote time: when i was very little, an older group of dancers at my studio did a jazz routine to "make em laugh" at our spring recital.  i loved the song, and proceeded to sing it everywhere i went for a good week.  only after several days of this did my mom stop me and ask - sing that part again?  turns out, i'd been saying "make a left, make a left, everyone everyone make a leftttt."  she thought that was hysterical.  my wounded ego?  less so.   

xo. di.

p.s. more on debbie reynolds here

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5 comments:

  1. love singing in the rain! I always watched it over at my grandparent's house. good times.

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  2. Cute Debbie. I saw that movie. Happy day. Mary

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  3. Love your ancedote! Too funny! My husband has problems with lyrics too and often cracks me up with his wrongness!

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  4. love this movie...an all-time favorite:))

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thanks so much for the note! i love reading your comments. xo. di.

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