<Li> Eastern Color Movie Love #14 (April 1952) </Li> <P> Stage adaptation The Broadway musical Singin' in the Rain was adapted from the motion picture, and the plot of the stage version closely adheres to the original . Directed and choreographed by post-modern choreographer Twyla Tharp, the opening night cast starred Don Correia as Don Lockwood, Mary D'Arcy as Kathy Selden, Richard Fancy as Roscoe Dexter, Faye Grant as Lina Lamont, and Peter Slutsker as Cosmo Brown . The musical opened on July 2, 1985 at the Gershwin Theatre after 39 previews, and ran for 367 performances, closing on May 18, 1986 . </P> <Ul> <Li> Kelly's hometown Pittsburgh Pirates games at PNC Park play the scene from the film during rain delays . </Li> <Li> "Singin' in the Rain" is sung mockingly by Alex DeLarge, played by Malcolm McDowell, in the rape scene in Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange . The Gene Kelly version plays during the end credits . </Li> <Li> "Singin' in the Rain" is sung by Inspector Jacques Clouseau played by Peter Sellers as part of the extended version of the grocery scene from The Pink Panther Strikes Again in Blake Edwards 1982 film Trail of the Pink Panther . </Li> <Li> In the 1983 television special Paddington Goes to the Movies, the film is mentioned at some points and Paddington performs a version of Gene Kelly's famous dance from the 1952 film . </Li> <Li> In the 1989 Woody Allen film Crimes and Misdemeanors, Cliff (Woody Allen) and Halley (Mia Farrow) watch Singin' in the Rain at Cliff's apartment . Cliff claims to watch the film "every few months to keep my spirits up ." </Li> <Li> In their 1976 Christmas special, the British comedy act Morecambe and Wise parodied the "Singin' in the Rain" sequence . </Li> <Li> Gene Kelly's "Singin' in the Rain" sequence is one of the opening scenes of The Great Movie Ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios . Kelly approved his Audio - Animatronics likeness prior to its delivery to Florida . </Li> <Li> The dance to the title song is parodied in the 2005 Broadway musical Spamalot in the dance break to "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life," complete with tap - dancing knights spinning bright yellow umbrellas around . </Li> <Li> The "Singin' in the Rain" sequence was featured in a 2005 Volkswagen Golf commercial, with Gene Kelly seen break - dancing in the street . Also featured was Mint Royale's version of the song accompanying the commercial . </Li> <Li> Two songs from the film were featured in "The Substitute", a season 2 episode of the musical comedy television series Glee . </Li> <Li> In the 2012 film Silver Linings Playbook, Jennifer Lawrence's character is inspired by a clip of Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly dancing to "Moses Supposes" from Singin' in the Rain . </Li> <Li> The 2013 anime short Gisoku no Moses features a young female ghost dancing with a pair of haunted dance shoes to the tune of "Moses Supposes ." </Li> <Li> In the 2015 romantic drama film Brooklyn, Tony Fiorello (Emory Cohen) takes Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) out on a date to see the film . In the next scene, he emulates Gene Kelly's iconic swing on the lamppost . </Li> <Li> The scene in which Gene Kelly sings "You Were Meant for Me" is featured in the 2015 Nancy Meyers film The Intern . </Li> <Li> Singin' in the Rain was an inspiration for the 2016 musical film La La Land, directed by Damien Chazelle . </Li> <Li> The 2017 Eurovision entry of Italy, Occidentali's Karma, features the phrase "Communque vada panta rei, and Singing in the Rain". </Li> <Li> The song "Good Morning" was featured in the Legends of Tomorrow Season 3 episode "Phone Home". </Li> </Ul> <Li> Kelly's hometown Pittsburgh Pirates games at PNC Park play the scene from the film during rain delays . </Li>

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