Make 'Em Laugh

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"Make 'Em Laugh" is a high-energy comic musical number from the film "Singin' in the Rain," famous for Donald O'Connor's acrobatic slapstick performance.

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Make 'Em Laugh canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film song
musical number
song
associatedWithEra Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
associatedWithPerformer Donald O'Connor
basedOnStyleOf vaudeville slapstick comedy
characterPerformedBy Cosmo Brown
composer Nacio Herb Brown
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
distributedBy Loew's Inc.
featuredInWork Singin' in the Rain
filmDirectorOfSequence Gene Kelly
Stanley Donen
firstAppearanceInFilm Singin' in the Rain
genre comic song
film musical number
show tune
hasChoreographyBy Donald O'Connor
Gene Kelly
hasInstrumentation orchestra
hasMusicalStyle up-tempo
hasQuality acrobatic choreography
high-energy
slapstick
hasSettingInFilm film studio backstage
hasTheme comic performance
show business
includedInList classic Hollywood musical numbers
language English
lyricist Arthur Freed
medium sound film
musicalFilm Singin' in the Rain
notableFor Donald O'Connor's physical comedy
backflips and pratfalls
wall-running gag
originalMedium motion picture
partOf Singin' in the Rain
surface form: Singin' in the Rain (soundtrack)
performedByVoiceType male vocalist
performer Donald O'Connor
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
productionType Hollywood musical
publicationYear 1952
recordLabel MGM Records
style vaudeville-inspired comedy
subjectMatter the life of a clown and making people laugh
title Make 'Em Laugh self-link

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"Make 'Em Laugh" musical number title Make 'Em Laugh
Cosmo Brown performsSong Make 'Em Laugh
Make 'Em Laugh title Make 'Em Laugh self-link