Rhythm on the River (1940)

ALL 08/28/1940 (en) Comedy, Music 92 Min
  • Release
    08/28/1940
  • Production
    Paramount Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    70%
  • Original title
    Rhythm on the River
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Hugh Bennett

    Editor

  2. William LeBaron

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Bing Crosby

    Bob Sommers

  2. Mary Martin

    Cherry Lane

  3. Basil Rathbone

    Oliver Courtney

  4. Oscar Levant

    Billy Starbuck

  5. Oscar Shaw

    Charlie Goodrich

  6. Charley Grapewin

    Uncle Caleb

  7. Lillian Cornell

    Millie Starling

  8. William Frawley

    Mr. Westlake

  9. Jeanne Cagney

    Country cousin

  10. Charles Lane

    Bernard Schwartz

  11. John Scott Trotter

    Orchestra Leader

  12. Helen Bertram

    Aunt Delia

  13. Ken Carpenter

    Teddy Gardner (announcer)

  14. Harry Barris

    Bass Sax player

  15. Wingy Manone

    Himself - Band Leader

  16. Mary Akin

    Party Guest

  17. William Benedict

    Elevator Boy

  18. Don Brodie

    Mr. Schwartz's Stooge #1

  19. Mary Cecil

    Irish Landlady

  20. Barney Dean

    Mr. Schwartz' Stooge #2

  21. Edward Emerson

    Headwaiter

  22. James Flavin

    Detective

  23. Pauline Haddon

    Westlake's Receptionist

  24. Beth Hartmen

    Party Guest

  25. Robert Homans

    Detective

  26. Brandon Hurst

    Bates

  27. Richard Keene

    Trotter's Manager

  28. Douglas Kennedy

    Party Guest

  29. Phyllis Kennedy

    Patsy Flick

  30. Charles McAvoy

    Train Announcer

  31. Bert Moorhouse

    Party Guest

  32. Clive Morgan

    Party Guest

  33. Jack Pepper

    Bob's Cabbie

  34. Jean Phillips

    Party Guest

  35. Cyril Ring

    Party Guest

  36. Ronald R. Rondell

    Party Guest

  37. Christian Rub

    Pawnbroker

  38. Max Wagner

    Cherry's Cabbie

  39. George Walcott

    Doorman

  40. Janet Waldo

    Westlake's Receptionist

  41. Pierre Watkin

    Uncle John

  42. Evelyn West

    The Cook

  43. Florence Wix

    Party Guest

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 43 , Crews : 11

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Rhythm on the River (1940) 92 Min

ALL 08/28/1940 (en)
Comedy, Music
  • Release 08/28/1940
  • Production
    Paramount Pictures
  • Original title Rhythm on the River
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Victor Schertzinger

    Director

  2. Jacques Théry, Billy Wilder

    Story

  3. Hugh Bennett

    Editor

  4. William LeBaron

    Producer