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Best Actor Comedy or Musical | 1953 | Donald O'Connor
Best Performances of the Month June | 1952 | Jean Hagen
Best Written American Musical | 1953 | Betty Comden
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 1953 | Jean Hagen
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1953 | Stanley Donen
Best Overall New Extra Features Library Release | 2003 | Peter Fitzgerald
Original Retrospective Documentary Library Release | 2003 | David Thompson
Budget 2,540,800 USD
Box Office Collection 7,200,000 USD
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For the "Make 'em Laugh" number, Gene Kelly asked Donald O'Connor to revive a trick he had done as a young dancer: running up a wall and completing a somersault. The number was so physically taxing that O'Connor, who smoked four packs of cigarettes a day at the time, ended up in a hospital bed for a week after its completion. He suffered from exhaustion and painful carpet burns. Unfortunately, an accident ruined all of the initial footage, so after a brief rest O'Connor agreed to do the difficult number all over again.
Debbie Reynolds remarked many years later that making this movie and surviving childbirth were the two hardest things she'd ever had to do. The filming experience was particularly unpleasant due to her harsh treatment by perfectionist Gene Kelly. Decades later, Kelly expressed remorse about his behavior: "I wasn't nice to Debbie. It's a wonder she still speaks to me."
Gene Kelly was a taskmaster with Debbie Reynolds, who had never danced to this degree before rehearsals started. Fred Astaire, who was in an adjacent dance studio, found her crying under a piano and reassured her that all of her hard work was worth the effort.
A microphone was hidden in Debbie Reynolds' blouse so her lines could be heard more clearly. During one of the dance numbers, her heartbeat can be heard, mirroring what happens to Lina Lamont in the movie itself.
Only 19 when cast to play the film, Debbie Reynolds lived with her parents and commuted to the set. She had to wake up at 4:00 a.m. and ride three different buses to the studio; sometimes, to avoid the commute, she would just sleep on the set.
"[Don Lockwood is being mobbed by several fans on the street] Don Lockwood: [desperately] Hey, Cos! Do something! Call me a cab! Cosmo Brown: OK, you're a cab. Don Lockwood: [unimpressed] Thanks a lot!"
"Cosmo Brown: Lina. She can't act, she can't sing, she can't dance. A triple threat."
