Nothing to say more about this film. The world has known it too well for years.
But, surprisingly, this great film that was shot for a cost of $2.5 million (about $.5 million over-budget), was basically ignored by film critics when released and treated with indifference (with box-office of $7.7 worldwide). It received only two Academy Award nominations - Best Supporting Actress (Jean Hagen), and Best Musical Score (Lennie Hayton) and didn't win any awards. The film's musical score Oscar nomination lost to Alfred Newman's score for With a Song in My Heart.
Who cares about that? There's another beautiful song in this film. Though widely known for its inclusion in this landmark movie, this song has its roots in another movie made more than 20 years earlier; it was one of the top hits of the the 1929 movie "The Broadway Melody." The main reason for its reappearance is "co-writer Arthur Freed later became head of the musical section of MGM studios and recycled many of his own earlier hits." All were great tunes.
You Were Meant For Me
Words & Music by Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown
Recorded by Gene Kelly, 1952
From the movie "Singin' In The Rain"
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You were meant for me,
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And I was meant for you.
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Na - ture patterned you, and when she was done,
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You were all the sweet things
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Rolled up in one.
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You're like a plain - tive mel - o - dy
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That nev - er lets me free,
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For I'm content -- the
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An - gels must have sent you and they
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Meant you just for me.
Have you ever heard????
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