Mar 23, 2020
OK, I'm being hyper-angry elsewhere on social media, so here's a sequence of stills from SINGIN' IN THE RAIN where Debbie Reynolds throws a cake in Jean Hagen's face. Note in the first still, they're rehearsing with a towel before the real thing! According to Reynolds's autobiography, Hagen insisted that she would only shoot ONE take of this gag (reasonable, who wants to clean off and go through makeup again because the person hitting you with a pie or cake missed?), but as you can see from the rest, Reynolds got the job done! . . #SinginInTheRain #DebbieReynolds #GeneKelly #JeanHagen #cakeintheface #pieintheface https://www.instagram.com/p/B-FskeMg0oQ/?igshid=1acal7mcnwbi4
