Released on April 11, 1952, the movie musical was an instant commercial and critical hit, and would go on to be hailed as one of Hollywood’s happiest films, despite a notoriously grueling, and often miserable, production behind the scenes.
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View this post on InstagramKelly was reportedly battling a 103-degree fever while filming his iconic rain sequence, with his widow, Patricia Ward Kelly, later telling Radio Times that he would lie in the sun to “bake the fever out of him.” As she noted, Kelly was not only starring, but also directing and choreographing, leaving little room for rest.
“Fortunately, Debbie was strong as an ox,” Kelly later said, per Turner Classic Movies, praising her ability to absorb demanding choreography despite what he called the “university of hard work and pain.”
Production challenges didn’t stop there. During the “Broadway Melody Ballet,” Cyd Charisse was nearly overwhelmed by powerful wind machines used to animate a flowing silk scarf attached to her costume.
Still, the musical — written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, with songs by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown — remains one of the BFI’s Sight and Sound Top 10 films and continues to make 'em laugh more than seven decades later.
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