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Screen immortality came to Jean Hagen (1923-1977) with her role as the screechy-voiced silent-screen siren Lina Lamont in everybody's favorite MGM musical, Singin' in the Rain (1952). Hagen's hilarious, Oscar¨-nominated performance in that classic Ð for which she used a voice once described as sounding like "a cement mixer in heat" Ð is so vividly remembered that it's sometimes forgotten she was a versatile actress who moved from musicals to comedy to drama with ease. Born Shirley Jean Verhagen in Chicago, Hagen began her career in radio and the stage, then made her movie debut in Adam's Rib (1949), a comedy starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. One of Hagen's best dramatic opportunities in films came in John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle (1950), in which she plays the wife of a small-time hood (Sterling Hayden). In Sunrise at Campobello (1960), Hagen takes on another secretarial role Ð that of Missy Le Hand, loyal aide to Franklin D. Roosevelt (Ralph Bellamy). By Roger Fristoe 
5 Monday 8:00 PM Singin' in the Rain (1952) A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound. Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor. D: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen. C 104m. CC 10:00 PM Latin Lovers (1953) An heiress searches for true love while vacationing in Brazil. Lana Turner, Ricardo Montalban, Jean Hagen. D: Mervyn LeRoy. C 105m. CC 12:00 AM A Life of Her Own (1950) An innocent small-town girl climbs to the top of the modeling business man by man. Lana Turner, Ray Milland, Tom Ewell. D: George Cukor. BW 109m. 2:00 AM Spring Reunion (1956) An alumni reunion spells romance for former college lovers. Betty Hutton, Dana Andrews, Jean Hagen. D: Robert Pirosh. BW 80m. 12 Monday 8:00 PM The Asphalt Jungle (1950) A gang of small-time crooks plot an elaborate jewel heist. Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Marilyn Monroe. D: John Huston. BW 113m. CC 10:00 PM Carbine Williams (1952) True story of the convicted bootlegger who fought for his freedom by inventing a new rifle. James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey. D: Richard Thorpe. BW 94m. CC 12:00 AM Side Street (1950) A New York city mailman is chased by both cops and crooks when he steals a shipment of dirty money. Farley Granger, Jean Hagen, James Craig. D: Anthony Mann. BW 83m. 1:30 AM No Questions Asked (1951) A young lawyer's primrose path to success gets him framed for murder. Barry Sullivan, George Murphy, Arlene Dahl. D: Harold Kress. BW 81m. 19 Monday 8:00 PM Adam's Rib (1949) Husband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women's rights case. Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday. D: George Cukor. BW 102m. CC 10:00 PM Half a Hero (1953) A married writer moves to the suburbs to research a story. Red Skelton, Jean Hagen, Mary Wickes. D: Don Weis. BW 72m. 11:30 PM Ambush (1949) A westerner searches for a white woman held by the Apaches. Robert Taylor, John Hodiak, Arlene Dahl. D: Sam Wood. BW 89m. 1:15 AM Arena (1953) A rodeo star fights to mend his broken marriage. Gig Young, Jean Hagen, Polly Bergen. D: Richard Fleischer. C 71m. 26 Monday 8:00 PM Sunrise at Campobello (1960) After a bout with polio, future president Franklin Roosevelt fights to save his political career. Greer Garson, Ralph Bellamy, Hume Cronyn. D: Vincent J. Donahue. C 145m. 10:30 PM The Big Knife (1955) An unscrupulous movie producer blackmails an unhappy star into signing a new contract. Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Rod Steiger. D: Robert Aldrich. BW 113m. CC 12:30 AM Shadow in the Sky (1952) A shell-shocked veteran tries to recover his sanity while living with his sister. Ralph Meeker, Nancy Davis, James Whitmore. D: Fred M. Wilcox. BW 79m. 2:00 AM Night Into Morning (1951) After a fire kills his family, a college professor sinks into alcoholism. Ray Milland, John Hodiak, Nancy Davis. D: Fletcher Markle. BW 86m.
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