Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Fim ahụ kụrụ afọ n'ala mgbe e wepụtara ya n'April 1952, ọ naara ihe karịrị nde dọla asaa na narị puku isii. Ihe nkiri Kelly bụ "An American in Paris" bụ ihe ịtụnanya nke meriri ihe nkiri kacha mma na Oscars na Machị, MGM kpebiri ịhapụ ya ọzọ. A kpọpụrụ "Singin' in the Rain" n'ọtụtụ ụlọ ihe nkiri iji gosipụta ihe nkiri mbụ ahụ, na-egbochi ya inweta uru ndị ọzọ. A họpụtara "Singin' in the Rain" maka abụọ
Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress maka Hagen na Best Original Score. Donald O'Connor meriri Golden Globe Award maka Best Actor na Musical ma ọ bụ Comedy na Comden na Green ọzọ meriri Writers Guild nke America Award maka Best Written American Musical. Na mbido ihe nkiri ahụ natara naanị nyocha dị ala site n'aka ndị nkatọ dịka Bosley Crowther ma ọ maliteghị ịnata otuto zuru ebe niile ruo mgbe ngwụcha afọ 1960. Otu n'ime ndị mbụ kwadoro ya bụ onye nkatọ Pauline Kael, bụ onye kwuru na ọ "bụ ma eleghị anya ọ bụ ihe kachasị atọ ụtọ n'egwú egwu niile <unk> ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ egwu egwu Hollywood kachasị mma n'oge niile". E wepụtara ya ọzọ na 1975 ka ọ bụrụ ihe ịga nke ọma na-ewu ewu.