Chicago-born star Donald O'Connor lit up classic Hollywood musicals—especially as Cosmo Brown in Singin' in the Rain.
Read about his Illinois roots and career:
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The musical romantic comedy I LOVE MELVIN (1953) starring Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds has been released on Blu-ray
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Time for some fun #UptownFunk #OldMovieStarsDance #FredAstaire #GingerRogers #GeneKelly #DebbieReynolds #DonaldOConnor #judyGarland #MickeyRooney #ShirleyTemple #AnnMiller #MarxBrothers #LaurelAndHardy #JamesCagney How many can you recognize?
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#nowplaying #FrancisGoesToWestPoint #DonaldOConnor. Francis the talking mule gets his owner in and out of trouble while he is taking basic training at #WestPoint.
#nowwatching #FrancisGoesToTheRaces #DonaldOConnor The owner of a talking mule, now a horse-breeder, gets involved with gangsters. #FrancisTheTalkingMule
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DONALD O'CONNOR, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
Donald O'Connor is iconic in Singin' in the Rain whether he is appropriately supporting his leading man Gene Kelly, taking centre stage during his Make em' Laugh number or providing the necessary funny face.
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I just watched "Singin' in the Rain" (Gene Kelly / Stanley Donen, 1952) and rated it 8/10 #SinginInTheRain #GeneKelly #StanleyDonen #DonaldOConnor #DebbieReynolds #JeanHagen #ICantMakeLoveToABush
#onthisday #onthisdate #otd September 27, 2003 #actor #donaldoconnor died at 78. On this special #podcast listen to a #goldenage of #radio #oldtimeradio #otr #audio #drama starring Donald O'Connor. rileyandkimmyshow.blogspot.com/2022/09/podc...
#nowwatching #SingingInTheRain. #GeneKelly #DebbieReynolds #DonaldOConnor. A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s #Hollywood.
#nowwatching #CryForHappy #GlennFord #DonaldOConnor. U.S. Navy photographic team uses #Tokyo geisha house as its home.
September 20, 1963: Videotaping of the dress rehearsal and the final performance of "Episode Seven" of "The Judy Garland Show." Donald O'Connor as Judy's guest.
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Happy Birthday Donald O'Connor. (RIP) #HappyBirthdayDonaldOConnor #DonaldOConnor #Birthday #RIPDonaldOConnor #RestInPeace #Legends #Legend
What I noticed is that Kathy would have a suggestion or an observation — Why not make a musical? My favorite part was when the sound went out of sync! — that Cosmo would pick up and run with
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I have mad respect for Joseph Gordon-Levitt because he performed the entirety of "Make 'Em Laugh" live in *one take* on SNL
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"I make more money than ... than Calvin Coolidge! Put together!"
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Oh hell, fixing movie title tag
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"Well, if it isn't Ethel Barrymore."
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The reveal of Lina's voice is one of those moments I would love to experience in a movie theater with an unsuspecting audience
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"My roles in these films were urbane ... sophisticated ... suave."
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"I've had one motto which I've always lived by: 'Dignity. Always dignity.'"
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#positive #podcast 4274 we play #trivia and a #goldenage of #radio #oldtimeradio #otr #audio #thriller starring actor/singer/dancer #donaldoconnor who was born #onthisday #onthisdate #otd August 28, 1925. rileyandkimmyshow.blogspot.com/2025/08/podc...
#OnThisDay in 1925, #DonaldOConnor, American dancer and actor (Singin' in the Rain), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003).
#RIP 💐
This Day in Buster…August 28, 1925
Donald O’Connor is born - he would later, at the age of 32, play Buster Keaton in biopic, “The Buster Keaton Story.”
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Remembering Donald O'Connor, born in Chicago on this day 100 years ago.
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American dancer, singer and actor, Donald O'Connor wrote, "It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away." #donaldoconnor
