TIL that only 1 song used in the film Singin' in the Rain was entirely new. All of the other songs, including Singin' in the Rain, had already been used in previous films in one form or another.

realitista@lemm.ee · 3 months ago

TIL that only 1 song used in the film Singin' in the Rain was entirely new. All of the other songs, including Singin' in the Rain, had already been used in previous films in one form or another.

apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

Demonstrating that the arrangement, choreography, and singing are what make the movie a classic.

Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

Yep. When you hear Jimmy Durante’s version of Singin’ in the Rain 20 years earlier in Speak Easily after seeing the movie with that title first, it’s super weird.

ripcord@lemmy.world · edit-2 3 months ago

OMG it’s a Buster Keaton film too!!

I know what my wife and I are watching tonight.

pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 months ago

“Moses Supposes” was the original song, for anyone curious.

TIL that only 1 song used in the film Singin' in the Rain was entirely new. All of the other songs, including Singin' in the Rain, had already been used in previous films in one form or another.

TIL that only 1 song used in the film Singin' in the Rain was entirely new. All of the other songs, including Singin' in the Rain, had already been used in previous films in one form or another.

Singin' in the Rain - Wikipedia

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