[THUNDER CRACKING]
[雷鸣]
[SCATTING]
[SINGING]
I’m singin’ in the rain
Just singin’ in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I’m happy again
SINATRA: The year is 1929. The singer,
Cliff Edwards, also known as Ukulele lke.
那是1929年,
歌♥手是Cliff Edwards,又名Ukulele lke。
The film, Hollywood Revue.
It is the first all-talking…
这部电影,《好莱坞大道》,
…all-singing, all-dancing movie ever made.
是第一部全体说唱跳舞的影片
EDWARDS:
Everyone from the place
Come on with your rain
I’ve got a smile on my face
I’ll walk down the lane
SINATRA: In the years that followed,
“Singin’ in the Rain” would become…
此后的许多年里,”雨中曲”将成为
…a theme song for MGM.
米高梅公♥司♥的主题曲之一
EDWARDS:
Singin’ in the rain
[HUMMING “SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
SINATRA: In the 1930s, Jimmy Durante
gave us this rendition.
1930年,Jimmy Durante的版本
[HUMMING “SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
You wrote that this morning?
Yeah, it’s something they’ll remember.
Yeah, I remember it already.
[SINGING]
I’m singin’ in the rain
Oh, I’m singin’ in the rain
What a grand, what a glorious feeling
I’m happy again
SINATRA:
In the 1940s, Judy Garland did it her way.
1940年代,朱迪·嘉兰用她自己的风格
演唱这首歌♥
So dark up above
The sun’s in my heart
I’m gettin’ ready for love
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
And come on with the rain
I’ve a smile on my face
I’ll walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
And singin’
Singin’
I’m singin’ in the rain
SINATRA: In the 1950s, Gene Kelly,
Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor…
50年代,金·凯利、黛比·雷诺斯和唐纳德·欧康纳
…put it all together in what many folks
would call the best musical ever made.
合唱全曲
这部影片被许多人视为史上最佳歌♥舞片
Singin’ in the rain
Just singin’ in the rain
What a glorious feelin’
We’re happy again
SINATRA: If you’re wondering
what happened in between, well…
如果你想知道这期间都发生过什么,那么…
…sit back and relax.
You’re about to find out.
坐下来放松身体,接下来你将会一一领略
It’s been quite some time
since I first came to this place.
自从我第一次来到这里,
已过去很长一段时间
And MGM is certainly
not the same studio…
米高梅固然不再是原来的制片厂
…and Hollywood’s not the same town.
好莱坞也不再是一样的城镇
But the films we made here
are still around.
但我们制♥作♥的电影依然留存
Some studios can claim
they made the finest gangster films…
有的公♥司♥可以声称他们拍过最好的黑帮电影
…or the greatest horror movies…
有的可声称自己拍过最好的恐怖片
…but when it came to musicals,
MGM, they were the champions.
不过讲到歌♥舞片,米高梅首屈一指
Musicals were fantasy trips
for the audiences of their day.
对于当年的观众们,
歌♥舞片是他们的幻想之旅
For instance, boy meets girl,
boy loses girl…
比如,约会、失恋、
…boy sings a song and gets girl.
一曲打动芳心
The plots were that simple.
情节就是那样简单
The musicals of the 1930s, ’40s,
or even the ’50s…
30、40年代甚至50年代的歌♥舞片
…may not tell you
where our heads were at…
可能显得简单纯朴…
…but they tell you
where our hearts were at.
却表达出我们的真心
SINATRA: And all of this lovable nonsense
began back in 1929…
这些亲切的胡言乱语都从1929年开始…
…when the silent film had suddenly
become a thing of the past…
那时无声电影一夜间成为历史
…and sound was the king.
声音成了主宰
KING [SINGING]:
Don’t bring a frown to old Broadway
You’ve gotta clown on Broadway
SINATRA: Broadway Melody of 1929 won
an Oscar for the Best Picture that year…
1929年的《百老汇旋律》赢得
当年奥斯卡最佳影片
…and MGM was off and running
with a new formula for success.
米高梅开始推出一种通向成功的新配方
Charles King and a line of
slightly overweight chorus girls…
Charles King和一排身材略胖的女子合唱队
…were the beginning
of a new motion picture art form…
为一种全新的电影艺术形式拉开序幕
…that would captivate audiences
for years to come.
并在之后的岁月里俘获观众们的心
KING: No skies of gray
On the Great White Way
That’s the Broadway Melody!
No skies of gray
On the Great White Way
That’s the Broadway Melody!
SINATRA: Within a few short years,
the musical had come of age.
短短数年中,歌♥舞片成为时代主流
The primitive stage show
had now become a cinematic spectacular.
原始的舞台表演发展为电影式的豪华场面
Here Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger,
Nelson Eddy and a cast of thousands…
在《罗萨林》中,Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger,
Nelson Eddy 和上千名演员
…watched Eleanor Powell dance in Rosalie.
观赏埃利诺·鲍威尔的舞姿
[CHEERING & APPLAUSE]
[BANK PLAYING UP-TEMPO MUSIC]
[SINGING]
When I’m calling you
SINATRA: The most successful singing team
in the history of motion pictures…
这是电影史上最成功的演唱组合
…Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald
in Rose-Marie.
Nelson Eddy和Jeanette MacDonald
在《Rose-Marie》中的片段
EDDY:
Will you answer too?
– Then I will know
– Then I will know
– Our love
– Our love
– Will come true
– Will come true
– You’ll belong to me
– You’ll belong to me
– I’ll belong
– I’ll belong
– To you
– To you
SINATRA: In 1936, The Great Ziegfeld won
an Oscar for Best Picture that year…
1936年,《伟大的齐格飞》赢得
当年奥斯卡最佳影片奖,
…and it’s no wonder.
这毫无悬念
Virginia Bruce
and a gang of lovely ladies…
Virginia Bruce和一群迷人的女士们
…cluttered up
Hollywood’s biggest staircase.
聚集在好莱坞最大的阶梯上
And somewhere in that lovely mob,
you’ll find Dennis Morgan singing a song.
你会看到在这漂亮的人群
中Dennis Morgan高歌♥一曲
If anyone could afford to film
this extravagant number today…
今天如果有人承担得起这样一幕
…perhaps it would look something like this.
大概看上去也不过如此
MEN [SINGING]:
Just like a heavenly rhapsody
She captures you right from the start
Just like a beautiful melody
She’ll play on the strings of your heart
A pretty girl
Is like a melody
That haunts you night and day
Just like the strain
Of a haunting refrain
She’ll start upon a marathon
And run around your brain
You can’t escape
She’s in your memory
By morning, night and noon
She will leave you
And then
– Come back again
– Will come back
A pretty girl
Is just like a pretty
Tune
She’s in your memory
By morning, night and noon
She will leave you
And then
Come back again
A pretty girl
Is just like a pretty tune
SINATRA: The last of the big
black-and-white production numbers…
1940年,最后一部黑白片歌♥舞大制♥作♥
…starring Eleanor Powell
and Fred Astaire.
由Cole Porter作曲、
Cole Porter’s music, the sets
and the camera work…
Norman Taurog布景、摄影
并执导的《百老汇旋律》,
…the direction by Norman Taurog,
the incredible tap dancing by these two…
由埃利诺·鲍威尔和弗莱德·阿斯泰尔主演,
…well, it all seemed to come together
in Broadway Melody of 1940.
其中有他们二人这段精彩的踢踏舞
You know, you can wait around and hope,
but I’ll tell you…
你可以寄希望于未来,但我敢说
…you’ll never see the likes of this again.
你再看不到这样的表演了
[SINGING] Don’t be afraid
You’ll make the grade
Why, you can sing
As good as Bing

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