"What a Glorious Feeling!"

1952

1h 43m

8.1(3551 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Gene Kelly

Don Lockwood

Donald O'Connor

Cosmo Brown

Debbie Reynolds

Kathy Selden

Jean Hagen

Lina Lamont

Millard Mitchell

R.F. Simpson

Cyd Charisse

Dancer

Douglas Fowley

Roscoe Dexter

Rita Moreno

Zelda Zanders

Mae Clarke

Hairdresser (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Audience Member (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Stanley Donen
Gene Kelly
Written by: Adolph Green
Betty Comden
Produced by: Arthur Freed

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