Gene Kelly

Later today, at 2:50pm on BBC Two, Singin' in the Rain hits TV screens. While the film is renowned for bringing Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds to the big screen ...

He later reflected: "Like a fool, I broke her elbow." In a staged fight she demanded Kelly throw her down "harder". She added that working with him was "pure misery". She continued: "I was stunned that this 39-year-old man would do this to me." [During] one of the film’s many famous scenes, the camera comes down from an overhead crane as we kiss and 'You Are My Lucky Star' swells on the soundtrack." Reynolds later recalled having trouble filming the raunchy love scenes between them in the movie.