classic movies with scarecrow video: “singin’ in the rain”

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Wallingford Community Senior Center 4649 Sunnyside Ave N ~ Lower Level Good Shepherd Center Seattle WA 98103 ~ 206-461-7825 ~ wallingfordseniors.org $2 members, $4 public. Advance registration appreciated. Classic Movies with Scarecrow Video: “Singin’ in the Rain” Wednesday, January 9th, 3:30—6 pm Screening followed by discussion with Scarecrow Video film experts! Singing in the Rain (1952) Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. When the transition is being made from silent films to `talkies', everyone has trouble adapting. Don and Lina have been cast repeatedly as a romantic couple, but when their latest film is remade into a musical, only Don has the voice for the new singing part. After a lot of practice with a diction coach, Lina still sounds terrible, and Kathy, a bright young aspiring actress, is hired to record over her voice.

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Wallingford Community Senior Center 4649 Sunnyside Ave N ~ Lower Level Good Shepherd Center

Seattle WA 98103 ~ 206-461-7825 ~ wallingfordseniors.org

$2 members, $4 public. Advance registration appreciated.

Classic Movies with Scarecrow Video:

“Singin’ in the Rain”

Wednesday, January 9th, 3:30—6 pm

Screening followed by discussion with Scarecrow Video film experts!

Singing in the Rain (1952) —Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. When the transition is being made from silent films to `talkies', everyone

has trouble adapting. Don and Lina have been cast repeatedly as a romantic couple, but when their latest film is remade into a musical, only Don has the voice for the new singing part. After a lot of practice with a diction coach,

Lina still sounds terrible, and Kathy, a bright young aspiring actress, is hired to record

over her voice.