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Synopsis: 1927 Hollywood. Monumental Pictures' biggest stars, glamorous on-screen couple Lina Lamont and Don Lockwood, are also an off-screen couple if the trade papers and gossip columns are to be believed. Both perpetuate the public perception if only to please their adoring fans and bring people into the movie theaters. In reality, Don barely tolerates her, while Lina, despite thinking Don beneath her, simplemindedly believes what she sees on screen in order to bolster her own stardom and sense of self-importance. R.F. Simpson, Monumental's head, dismisses what he thinks is a flash in the pan: talking pictures. It isn't until The Jazz Singer (1927) becomes a bona fide hit which results in all the movie theaters installing sound equipment that R.F. knows Monumental, most specifically in the form of Don and Lina, have to jump on the talking picture bandwagon, despite no one at the studio knowing anything about the technology. Musician Cosmo Brown, Don's best friend, gets hired as Monumental's i
Production: MGM
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations.
 
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Year:
1952
103 min
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Hey! You're playing rough here!

You're tearing my...!

Hey, Cos, do something!

Call me a cab!

You're a cab.

Thanks a lot!

- Lady, keep driving.

- Get out!

- Everything's all right!

- 'll call a policeman!

- Just a few blocks.

- Don't hurt me!

- 'm not a criminal.

- don't care...

You are a criminal!

I've seen that face. You're a gangster!

I've seen your picture in the paper

or in the post office.

Officer!

- This man jumped in my car and...

- Why, it's Don Lockwood!

- Don Lockwood?

- How are you? Out for a joy ride?

Just a lift. My car broke down.

I got surrounded by...

- You're a lucky lady. Anything wrong?

- Why, no.

No, I should think not.

Good night.

Good night, officer.

Well, thanks for saving my life.

I'll get out now.

I'm driving to Beverly Hills.

Can I drop you someplace?

I'd like to get out of this suit

if you're going by Camden and Sunset.

Yes, I am.

I'd like to know whose

hospitality I'm enjoying.

Selden. Kathy Selden.

Enchanted, Miss Selden.

I'm sorry I frightened you.

I was getting a little

too much love from my fans.

Oh, that's what you were

running away from.

They did that to you?

That's terrible!

Yes. Yes, it is, isn't it?

It is terrible.

Well, we movie stars get the glory...

...I guess we have to take

the little heartaches that go with it.

People think we lead lives

of glamour and romance...

...but we're really lonely.

Terribly lonely.

I really can't tell you how sorry

I am about taking you for a criminal.

But it was understandable, under

the circumstances. I knew I'd seen you.

Which of my pictures have you seen?

I don't remember.

I saw one once.

- You saw one once?

- think you were dueling.

And there was a girl.

Lina Lamont.

I don't go to the movies much.

If you've seen one,

you've seen them all.

Thank you.

No offense.

Movies are entertaining

for the masses...

...but the personalities

on the screen don't impress me.

They don't talk or act.

They just make a lot of dumb show.

Well, you know.

Like that.

You mean, like what I do.

Well, yes.

Here we are, Sunset and Camden.

Wait, you mean I'm not an actor?

- Pantomime isn't acting?

- Of course not.

Acting means great parts,

wonderful lines, glorious words.

Shakespeare. Ibsen.

What's your lofty mission in life...

...that lets you sneer

at my humble profession?

I'm an actress. On the stage.

Oh, on the stage.

I'd like to see you.

What're you in now?

I could brush up on my English

or bring an interpreter.

That's if they'd let in a movie actor.

I'm not in a play now.

But I'm going to New York...

You're going to New York, and someday

we'll all hear of you, won't we?

Kathy Selden as Juliet,

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Betty Comden

Betty Comden (born Basya Cohen, May 3, 1917 – November 23, 2006) was one-half of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green, who provided lyrics, libretti, and screenplays to some of the most beloved and successful Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century. Her writing partnership with Adolph Green, called "the longest running creative partnership in theatre history", lasted for six decades, during which time they collaborated with other leading entertainment figures such as the famed "Freed Unit" at MGM, Jule Styne and Leonard Bernstein, and wrote the musical comedy film Singin' in the Rain. more…

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