Cosmo Brown

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fictional character film character

Cosmo Brown is the wisecracking, musically gifted best friend and sidekick to Don Lockwood in the classic Hollywood musical film "Singin' in the Rain."

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develops Cosmo Brown's character 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
antagonistTo Lina Lamont ⓘ
appearsIn Singin' in the Rain ⓘ
appearsInGenre Golden Age Hollywood musical ⓘ
contributesTo transition from silent films to talkies in the story ⓘ
createdBy Adolph Green ⓘ
Betty Comden ⓘ
distributorOfWork Loew's Inc. ⓘ
filmProductionCompanyOfWork Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1952 ⓘ
filmStudioInFiction Monumental Pictures ⓘ
friendOf Don Lockwood ⓘ
genreOfWork musical film ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ
helpsCharacter Don Lockwood ⓘ
Kathy Selden ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
nationalityInFiction American ⓘ
notableScene Make 'Em Laugh slapstick routine ⓘ
tongue-twister lesson in Moses Supposes ⓘ
notableTrait breaking the fourth wall through performance style ⓘ
physical comedy skills ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
studio musician ⓘ
performsSong Good Morning ⓘ
Make 'Em Laugh ⓘ
Moses Supposes ⓘ
personalityTrait loyal ⓘ
optimistic ⓘ
wisecracking ⓘ
witty ⓘ
portrayedBy Donald O'Connor ⓘ
relationshipToProtagonist best friend of Don Lockwood ⓘ
roleInStory comic relief ⓘ
sidekick ⓘ
setting Hollywood ⓘ
talent comedy ⓘ
piano playing ⓘ
song-and-dance performance ⓘ
timePeriod late 1920s ⓘ
worksAt Monumental Pictures ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lina Lamont → associatedWith → Cosmo Brown ⓘ
Don Lockwood → closeFriend → Cosmo Brown ⓘ
subject surface form: Good Morning (musical number)
Singin' in the Rain → mainCharacter → Cosmo Brown ⓘ
this entity surface form: develops Cosmo Brown's character