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Thu 18 Oct, 2007 06:03 pm
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It looks like a 1930's black and white musical.
Any guess?
Here's a lead: try looking under Busby Berkeley musicals:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000923/
Thanks but it's not a Busby Berkely musicals.
"Singing In The Rain"
Black and white production still.
Green Witch wrote:"Singing In The Rain"
Black and white production still.
Think I found it, it's from the 1929 movie The Hollywood Revue and they are singing 'Singing in the Rain'.
Thanks to all for your help.
And here I was gathering more evidence.
Green Witch wrote:And here I was gathering more evidence.
What had me confused was that if you take a look at your picture the number is stage on a threatre stage and in my picture you had
rocks in the background. I dig a little further and I found out that in that particular movie they did 2 versions of 'Singing in the Rain' and my picture was from the finale. Here's another picture I found from that finale.
Thanks for you help.
You got it! Now try this:
Has the feel of Flash Gordon, but it's not. I probably have never seen it or my memory would click on. Looks mid-1920's based on the overall style and sets and I think Flash Gordon was later.
Right you are. For that time, the special and optical effects were state-of-the art. Too bad the music sucked.
Original Talkie
Its a still from one of the first "talkies" - Singing in the Rain.
The title of the song film and the film, respectively, is "Singing in the Rain", from Hollywood Revue Of 1929, also filmed in two-strip Technicolor.
Other trivia from IMDb:
* One of the films cited as contributing to the collapse of 'John Gilbert' 's career after audiences heard his high-pitching speaking voice. Apparently, Gilbert's Romeo & Juliet sequence inspired the "talkie disaster" sequence in Singin' in the Rain (1952).
* First filmed performance of "Singin' in the Rain". This sequence inspired the opening credits of Singin' in the Rain (1952).
* Reportedly features every major MGM star of the day with the exception of Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro and Lon Chaney.
* During the singing of "Singing in the Rain" Buster Keaton is seen, but is not singing because he was still a silent star.
Lightwizard wrote:The title of the song film and the film, respectively, is "Singing in the Rain", from Hollywood Revue Of 1929, also filmed in two-strip Technicolor.
Other trivia from IMDb:
* One of the films cited as contributing to the collapse of 'John Gilbert' 's career after audiences heard his high-pitching speaking voice. Apparently, Gilbert's Romeo & Juliet sequence inspired the "talkie disaster" sequence in Singin' in the Rain (1952).
* First filmed performance of "Singin' in the Rain". This sequence inspired the opening credits of Singin' in the Rain (1952).
* Reportedly features every major MGM star of the day with the exception of Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro and Lon Chaney.
* During the singing of "Singing in the Rain" Buster Keaton is seen, but is not singing because he was still a silent star.
Thanks for all of this trivia.
:wink:
caramel wrote:Lightwizard wrote:The title of the song film and the film, respectively, is "Singing in the Rain", from Hollywood Revue Of 1929, also filmed in two-strip Technicolor.
Other trivia from IMDb:
* One of the films cited as contributing to the collapse of 'John Gilbert' 's career after audiences heard his high-pitching speaking voice. Apparently, Gilbert's Romeo & Juliet sequence inspired the "talkie disaster" sequence in Singin' in the Rain (1952).
* First filmed performance of "Singin' in the Rain". This sequence inspired the opening credits of Singin' in the Rain (1952).
* Reportedly features every major MGM star of the day with the exception of Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro and Lon Chaney.
* During the singing of "Singing in the Rain" Buster Keaton is seen, but is not singing because he was still a silent star.
Thanks for all of this trivia.
:wink:
I really
at Buster Keaton with the ironic humor of not singing because he was still a silent star.
What a delightful thread! Thank you.
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