SINGIN' IN THE RAIN premieres in New York. Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly. Written by Adolph Green and Betty Comden. Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor hoof it up in the definitive movie musical; a colorful, dazzlingly choreographed song & dance extravaganza set in 1927 during Hollywood's transition to "talkies". With Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchel and Cyd Charisse.