Video: 'Singin' in the Rain' trailer

(Thursday, March 27, 1952, 10:35 a.m. EST) — A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound in Singin’ in the Rain, an American musical romantic comedy that premiered this morning at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Video: 'Singin' in the Rain (1952) - Movie' (8 clips)

Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, the film stars Kelly, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, and Cyd Charisse.

The film is now frequently described as one of the best musicals ever made, topping the AFI’s 100 Years of Musicals list.