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Fascinatin' Rhythm: Singin' in the Rain: A History of Sorts, 09/28/19

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Episode # 1939

9/28      Singin in the Rain: A History of Sorts. Drawing some circles around one of the most important songs in the history of the movies. It appeared in four or five different films as a charming pollyanna song with an implicitly rural feel (“I walk down the lane…”) but Gene Kelly defined it forever as an anthem of romantic euphoria set on a city street in a thunderstorm.