SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
May 05, 2019
4 minutes
IAN NATHAN
NAME THE GREATEST musical ever made. Now, name the finest film on the subject of filmmaking. Okay, name the greatest argument ever made for the Hollywood studio system: the grand pageant of the dream factory, sun-kissed on the Californian coast and gift-wrapped in money and mass appeal. While we’re here, name the funniest of all Morecambe and Wise’s sketches, surpassing even ‘There Is Nothing Like A Dame’, their glorious riff on the South Pacific classic that counted Barry Norman in its chorus line.
The answer to all these questions is the same. Namely: . (FYI: Ern did the wistful crooning and decent tap, Eric got a drainpipe emptying on his, needs to be upgraded to a talkie.
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