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Singin' in the Rain (title number)

Gene Kelly

Director
Year
1952
Category
Dance
Genre
Soundtrack
Country
United States

Gene Kelly filmed the most famous dance scene in movie history with a 103-degree fever, in a wool suit shrinking from the cold water, directing and choreographing himself simultaneously. The story that the rain was mixed with milk is a myth — it read on camera thanks to backlighting — and it wasn't one take, but multiple takes over a day and a half with cold water dropped from above between setups. The American Film Institute ranks Singin' in the Rain the fifth greatest American film ever made; this is the scene everyone remembers.