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  • Rita Moreno refused Gene Kelly’s request to cut her hair for ‘Singin’ in the Rain’

    01/30/2021 10:01:35 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 12 replies
    New York Post ^ | January 30, 2021 | Francesca Bacardi
    A young Rita Moreno tried to emulate Elizabeth Taylor in her appearance, but when it came to her hair she maintained her cultural identity. During the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Moreno, 89, opened up about her early years in Hollywood and Gene Kelly’s request to cut her hair for her role as Zelda Zanders in the 1952 film “Singin’ in the Rain.” “I did something that is so Latina because I was the shyest person on earth, and I said no,” Moreno, who is the subject of the documentary “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for...
  • Broadway Lyricist Adolph Green Dies at 87

    10/24/2002 10:07:26 AM PDT · by GeneD · 6 replies · 267+ views
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Adolph Green, whose six-decade collaboration with Betty Comden helped create such joyous stage celebrations of New York as ``On the Town'' and ``Wonderful Town'' as well as the classic movie musical ``Singin' in the Rain,'' has died. He was 87. Green died at his Manhattan home Wednesday night, his son, Adam, said Thursday. On Broadway, Comden and Green (the billing was always alphabetical) worked most successfully with composers Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne and Cy Coleman. The duo wrote lyrics and often the books for more than a dozen shows, many of them built around such stars...