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Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Directed by Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly · Cinematography by Harold Rosson

G103 min64 frames

ComedyRomance

What a Glorious Feeling!

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What is Singin’ in the Rain about?

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.

Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds, with Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Douglas Fowley, Rita Moreno and Cyd Charisse in supporting roles. It offers a lighthearted depiction of Hollywood in the late 1920s, with the three stars portraying performers caught up in the transition from silent films to "talkies".

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What does the cinematography of Singin’ in the Rain look like?

Sampled across 64 frames, the coverage of Singin’ in the Rain leans on medium shots (31% of the sample) and full-body frames (31%). Cinematographer Harold Rosson keeps 63% of it in soft, high-key light. Night and dusk account for 45% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 64% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1950s.

What is the color palette of Singin’ in the Rain?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Singin’ in the Rain (1952) are #f7f6f4, #35312f, #0c0a0b, #d3d2cf, #59504b, #d7c8ab — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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