donald o'connor sang make em laugh in singin in the rain.
donald o'connor sang make em laugh in singin in the rain.
who sang make em laugh in singin in the rain?
donald o'connor
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"make 'em laugh" is a song first featured in the 1952 film "singin' in the rain", frenetically performed by donald o'connor. written by nacio herb brown and arthur freed, the song is closely based on cole porter's "be a clown". it finished at #49 in afi's 100 years...100 songs survey of top tunes in american cinema.
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o'connor's song-and-dance routine in "singin' in the rain" is noted for its extreme physical difficulty, featuring dozens of jumps, pratfalls, and two backflips. hollywood legend states that o'connor, though only 27 years old at the time and a chain-smoker, was bedridden for several days after filming the sequence. this high degree of difficulty has made the original routine a tour de force in physical comedy.









































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"make 'em laugh" was later performed by tim curry, kathy najimy, and mara wilson at the 67th annual academy awards in 1995.
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