雨中曲

1927年，由唐·洛克伍德（吉恩·凯利 饰）和丽娜·雷蒙德（简·哈根 饰）主演的《皇家流氓》在好莱坞首映。由于丽娜刺耳的嗓音无法匹配其夺目的外貌，为了维护明星形象，宣传部只得安排唐一人讲话。首映后，由于钢琴师科斯莫·布朗（唐纳德·奥康纳 饰）的汽车爆胎，为了躲避疯狂的影迷，唐意外结识了能歌善舞的凯西·塞尔登（黛比·雷诺斯 饰），并被其深深吸引。数周后，首部有声电影《爵士歌手》爆红，唐与丽娜的新片《决斗骑士》不得不临时改变拍摄方式，而凯西也成为歌舞片演员。因预映口碑极差，科斯莫提议将《决斗骑士》改为歌舞片，由凯西为丽娜配音，凯西积极附议。与凯西吻别后，唐心花怒放，在雨中载歌载舞。科斯莫的计划能否奏效？幕后的凯西能否走到台前接受观众的掌声？1927 Hollywood. Monumental Pictures' biggest stars, glamorous on-screen couple Lina Lamont and Don Lockwood, are also an off-screen couple if the trade papers and gossip columns are to be believed. Both perpetuate the public perception if only to please their adoring fans and bring people into the movie theaters. In reality, Don barely tolerates her, while Lina, despite thinking Don beneath her, simplemindedly believes what she sees on screen in order to bolster her own stardom and sense of self-importance. R.F. Simpson, Monumental's head, dismisses what he thinks is a flash in the pan: talking pictures. It isn't until The Jazz Singer (1927) becomes a bona fide hit which results in all the movie theaters installing sound equipment that R.F. knows Monumental, most specifically in the form of Don and Lina, have to jump on the talking picture bandwagon, despite no one at the studio knowing anything about the technology. Musician Cosmo Brown, Don's best friend, gets hired as Monumental's ideas man and musical director. And by this time, Don has secretly started dating Kathy Selden, a chorus girl who is trying to make it big in pictures herself. Don and Kathy's relationship is despite their less than friendly initial meeting. Cosmo and Kathy help Don, who had worked his way up through the movie ranks to stardom, try make the leap to talking picture stardom, with Kathy following along the way. However, they have to overcome the technological issues. But the bigger problem is Lina, who will do anything to ensure she also makes the successful leap into talking pictures, despite her own inabilities and at anyone and everyone else's expense if they get in her way, especially Kathy as Don's off screen girlfriend and possibly his new talking picture leading lady.