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Synopsis: 1927 Hollywood. Monumental Pictures' biggest stars, glamorous on-screen couple Lina Lamont and Don Lockwood, are also an off-screen couple if the trade papers and gossip columns are to be believed. Both perpetuate the public perception if only to please their adoring fans and bring people into the movie theaters. In reality, Don barely tolerates her, while Lina, despite thinking Don beneath her, simplemindedly believes what she sees on screen in order to bolster her own stardom and sense of self-importance. R.F. Simpson, Monumental's head, dismisses what he thinks is a flash in the pan: talking pictures. It isn't until The Jazz Singer (1927) becomes a bona fide hit which results in all the movie theaters installing sound equipment that R.F. knows Monumental, most specifically in the form of Don and Lina, have to jump on the talking picture bandwagon, despite no one at the studio knowing anything about the technology. Musician Cosmo Brown, Don's best friend, gets hired as Monumental's i
Production: MGM
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.3
Metacritic:
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Year:
1952
103 min
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I get the go-by

When you are done foolin' with me

It's a holiday

Today's The Wedding of the Painted Doll

It's a jolly day

The news is spreading

Should I reveal exactly how I feel

Should I confess

I got a feeling you're fooling

I got a feeling you're

It's a holiday

Today's The Wedding

Should I reveal

Exactly how I feel

Should I reveal

Beautiful girl

You're a lovely picture

Beautiful girl

You're a gorgeous mixture

Of all that lies

Under the big blue sky

My heart cries

Who's that? She looks familiar.

You're a dazzling eyeful

I featured her before,

in lots of nightclub shows.

I've seen her there.

She'd be good as Zelda's sister.

- That's a good idea.

- Excuse me.

There may be blondes and brunettes

That are hard to resist

You surpass them like a queen

You've got those lips

That were meant to be kissed

And you're over sweet 16

Beautiful girl

What a gorgeous creature

Beautiful girl

Let me call a preacher

What can I do

But give my heart to you?

A beautiful girl

Is like a great work of art

She's stylish

She's chic

And she also is smart

For lounging in her boudoir

This simple plain pajama

Her cloak is trimmed with monkey fur

To lend a dash of drama

Anyone for tennis?

Well, this will make them cringe

And you'll knock'em dead at dinner

If your gown just drips with fringe

You simply can't be too modest

At the beach or by the pool

And in summertime, it's organdy

That'll keep you fresh and cool

You'd never guess what loud applause

This cunning hat receives

And you'd never dream the things

That you could hide

Within these sleeves

A string of pearls with a suit of tweed

It's started quite a riot

And if you must wear fox to the opera

Dame Fashion says, "Dye it"

Black is best when you're in court

The judge will be impressed

But white is right when you're a bride

And you want to be well-dressed

Beautiful girl

For you I've got a passion

Beautiful girl

You're my queen of fashion

I'm in a whirl

Over

My beautiful girl

- That's stupendous!

- Thanks.

Kathy, come here.

This will start a trend

in musical pictures.

Mr. Simpson's thinking about

casting you as Zelda's sister.

That's wonderful!

Hey, Kathy!

That's Kathy Selden.

Thanks anyway.

It was nice of you.

Wait a minute.

- That's all right.

Before Mr. Lockwood refreshes

your memory, you may as well know...

...I'm the girl who hit Miss Lamont with

a cake. It was meant for Mr. Lockwood.

Goodbye. I'm sorry.

I should've told you.

Wait a minute.

What's this all about?

We were gonna use her, but if

it'd make you and Lina unhappy...

Unhappy? t's wonderful.

He's been looking for her!

Are you speaking for Lina also?

The owner of the Coconut Grove

may do what Lina tells him...

...but you're the head of this studio.

- Yes, I am.

She's hired.

Don't let Lina know she's on the lot.

Take care of that.

Thank you, Mr. Simpson!

I'm glad you turned up.

We've been looking inside every cake in town.

Is it all right for you

to be seen with me?

You mean, lofty star with humble player?

Not exactly. But for lunch, don't you

tear a pheasant with Miss Lamont?

Look, Kathy. All that stuff

about Lina and me is sheer publicity.

Oh? Certainly seems more than that...

...from what I've read in all

those articles in the fan magazines.

Ohh, you read the fan magazines?

I pick them up in the beauty

parlor or the dentist's office...

...just like anybody.

Honest?

I buy four or five a month.

You buy four or five?

To get back to the main point...

...you achieve a kind of intimacy

in all your pictures...

Did you say all my pictures?

Now that I think of it,

I've seen eight or nine of them.

Eight or nine.

It seems to me

I remember someone saying:

"If you've seen one,

you've seen them all."

I did say some awful things

that night, didn't I?

No, I deserved them.

Of course, I must admit

I was pretty much upset by them.

So upset that I haven't been able

to think of anything but you ever since.

Honest?

Honest.

Well, I've been pretty upset too.

Kathy...

Kathy, look, I...

Kathy, seeing you again now that I...

I'm trying to say

something to you, but I...

I'm such a ham.

I guess I'm not able to

without the proper setting.

What do you mean?

Well...

Come here.

This is the proper setting.

Why, it's just an empty stage.

At first glance, yes.

But wait a second.

A beautiful sunset.

Mist from the distant mountains.

Colored lights in a garden.

Milady is standing on her balcony,

in a rose-trellised bower...

...flooded with moonlight.

We add 500,000 kilowatts of stardust.

A soft summer breeze.

And...

You sure look lovely in the moonlight.

Now that you have the proper setting,

can you say it?

I'll try.

Life was a song

You came along

I've laid awake

the whole night through

If I but dared

To think you cared

This is what

I'd say to you

You were meant for me

And I was meant for you

Nature patterned you

And when she was done

You were all the sweet things

Rolled up in one

You're like

A plaintive melody

That never lets me free

But I'm content

The angels must have sent you

And they meant you

Just for me

But I'm content

The angels must have sent you

And they meant you

Just for me

Now...

Ta, te, ti, toe, too.

No, no, Miss Lamont...

...round tones, round tones.

Now let me hear you read your line.

"And I can't stan"im."

And I can't stand him.

"And I can't stan"im."

"Can't."

Can't.

"Can't."

Can't!

Can't. Can't.

Very good.

"Around the rocks

the rugged rascal ran."

"Around the rocks the rugged..."

No, no. "Rocks." "Rocks."

"Around the rocks

the rugged rascal ran."

Very good.

Hi, Don.

- Shall I continue?

- Don't mind me.

Now.

"Sinful Caesar sipped his snifter...

...seized his knees and sneezed."

"Sinful Caesar snipped his sifter..."

Sipped his snifter.

"Sipped his snifter."

Oh, thank you.

"Sinful Caesar sipped his snifter,

seized his knees and sneezed."

- Marvelous.

- Wonderful.

Here is a good one.

"Chester chooses chestnuts,

cheddar cheese with chewy chives.

He chews them and he chooses them.

He chooses them and he chews them...

...those chestnuts,

cheddar cheese and chives...

...in cheery, charming chunks."

- Wonderful! Do another one.

- Thank you.

"Moses supposes his toeses are roses...

...but Moses supposes erroneously.

Moses, he knowses

his toeses aren't roses...

...as Moses supposes his toeses to be."

"Moses supposes his toeses are roses...

...but Moses supposes erroneously."

"But Moses, he knowses

his toes aren't roses...

...as Moses supposes his toeses to be."

Moses supposes his toeses are roses...

...but Moses supposes erroneously.

A mose is a mose.

A rose is a rose.

A toes is a toes.

Moses supposes his toeses are roses

But Moses supposes erroneously

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Betty Comden

Betty Comden (born Basya Cohen, May 3, 1917 – November 23, 2006) was one-half of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green, who provided lyrics, libretti, and screenplays to some of the most beloved and successful Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century. Her writing partnership with Adolph Green, called "the longest running creative partnership in theatre history", lasted for six decades, during which time they collaborated with other leading entertainment figures such as the famed "Freed Unit" at MGM, Jule Styne and Leonard Bernstein, and wrote the musical comedy film Singin' in the Rain. more…

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