RR Gem is one of the few Blazhko RR Lyrae which has extended enough photometric observations available to study the long-term courses of its pulsation and modulation properties in detail. We investigate the pulsation and modulation properties and the relations between them in RR Gem using the last 70 years' photometric observations in order to gain further insight into the nature of the Blazhko modulation. Photographic, photoelectric and CCD light curves obtained at the Konkoly Observatory and other authors' published maxima observations are studied. Detailed analysis of the light curves, maximum brightness and O-C data are carried out.