Movies starring Donald O'Connor

Biography: 
Born into a vaudeville family, O'Connor was the youthful figure cutting a rug in several Universal musicals of the 1940s. His best-known musical work is probably "Singin' in the Rain (1952)", in which he did an impressive dance that culminated in a series of backflips off the wall. O'Connor was also effective in comedic lead roles, particularly as the companion to Francis the Talking Mule in that  ...  show all 

Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Gene Kelly | Donald O'Connor | Debbie Reynolds | Jean Hagen | Millard Mitchell | Cyd Charisse | Douglas Fowley | Rita Moreno
Directors: Stanley Donen
Download: DVD DivX PDA 

Glorious classic film musical. 1927: Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are the darlings of the silent silver screen. Offscreen, Don, aided by his happy-go-lucky friend and piano accompanist, Cosmo Brown, has to dodge Lina’s romantic overtures, especially when he falls for chorus girl Kathy Selden. With the advent of sound in motion pictures, it is decided to turn Don and Lina’s new film into a “talkie” and a musical at that. The only problem is Lina’s voice, which mere words cannot describe. Thus, Kathy is brought on to dub her speaking and singing voice in secret, and Don’s on top of the world. But then Lina finds out…