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Singing in the Rain's Enduring Greatness Lies in its Proud Vulgarity

Singing in the Rain is unique among films widely considered the greatest of all time in being thoroughly, unapologetically vulgar and full of raucous fun.

Fractured Mirror 2.0Nathan RabinNovember 2, 2022Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Stanley Donen, Arthur Freed, MGM musical, musical, MGM, silent film

Stanley Donen's Career Got Off to A Roaring Start With On the Town and Ended Bleakly With the Cinematic Sex Crime Blame It on Rio

It’s not unusual for a great filmmaker’s debut to be great and their last film an abomination, but they’re rarely as inconceivably god-awful as Singing in the Rain director Stanley Donen’s final film, 1984’s Blame it on Rio.

First and Last 2.0Nathan RabinJune 21, 2022Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Stanley Donen, Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Demi Moore, Michelle Johnson, statutory rape, gross, yuck