Rhythm on the River

Rhythm on the River (1940)


  • Genre: Comedy, Music
  • Release Date: 1940-08-28
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 32min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Victor Schertzinger
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Summary

Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers meet at an inn, they fall in love and then try to sell their songs under their own name. The problem is every song publisher thinks they're copying Courtney's style.

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  • Bing Crosby

    as Bob Sommers

  • Mary Martin

    as Cherry Lane

  • Basil Rathbone

    as Oliver Courtney

  • Oscar Levant

    as Billy Starbuck

  • Oscar Shaw

    as Charlie Goodrich

  • Charley Grapewin

    as Uncle Caleb

  • Lillian Cornell

    as Millie Starling

  • William Frawley

    as Mr. Westlake

  • Jeanne Cagney

    as Country cousin

  • Charles Lane

    as Bernard Schwartz

  • John Scott Trotter

    as Orchestra Leader

  • Helen Bertram

    as Aunt Delia

  • Ken Carpenter

    as Teddy Gardner (announcer)

  • Harry Barris

    as Bass Sax player

  • Wingy Manone

    as Himself - Band Leader

  • Mary Akin

    as Party Guest

  • William Benedict

    as Elevator Boy

  • Don Brodie

    as Mr. Schwartz's Stooge #1

  • Mary Cecil

    as Irish Landlady

  • Barney Dean

    as Mr. Schwartz' Stooge #2

  • Edward Emerson

    as Headwaiter

  • James Flavin

    as Detective

  • Pauline Haddon

    as Westlake's Receptionist

  • Beth Hartmen

    as Party Guest

  • Robert Homans

    as Detective

  • Brandon Hurst

    as Bates

  • Richard Keene

    as Trotter's Manager

  • Douglas Kennedy

    as Party Guest

  • Phyllis Kennedy

    as Patsy Flick

  • Charles McAvoy

    as Train Announcer

  • Bert Moorhouse

    as Party Guest

  • Clive Morgan

    as Party Guest

  • Jack Pepper

    as Bob's Cabbie

  • Jean Phillips

    as Party Guest

  • Cyril Ring

    as Party Guest

  • Ronald R. Rondell

    as Party Guest

  • Christian Rub

    as Pawnbroker

  • Max Wagner

    as Cherry's Cabbie

  • George Walcott

    as Doorman

  • Janet Waldo

    as Westlake's Receptionist

  • Pierre Watkin

    as Uncle John

  • Evelyn West

    as The Cook

  • Florence Wix

    as Party Guest
Editing Hugh Bennett Editor
Art Ernst Fegté Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Edith Head Costume Design
Writing Billy Wilder Story
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Writing Dwight Taylor Screenplay
Production William LeBaron Producer
Directing Victor Schertzinger Director
Writing Jacques Théry Story
Camera Ted Tetzlaff Director of Photography
Sound Victor Young Original Music Composer

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