Debbie Reynolds Shares a Hair-Raising Hollywood Anecdote

Although it has long been known that Gene Kelly and other Golden Age leading men wore hairpieces on screen, it’s debatable whether this should be a topic of Q&A conversation before the Hollywood world premiere of a 60th anniversary restored edition of Singin’ in the Rain. Especially when the actor’s widow is sitting in the audience, as was the case Saturday night at Grauman’s Chinese for this Turner Classic Movies Film Festival marquee event:

Co-star Reynolds told a similar story to Lumenick, a film critic for the New York Post, prior to the festival.

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