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Rhythm on the River (1940)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 ... See full summary » Director:Victor Schertzinger |
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Title: Rhythm on the River (1940)
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Nominated for 1 Oscar.
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Bob Sommers
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Cherry Lane
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Oliver Courtney
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Billy Starbuck
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Charlie Goodrich
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Uncle Caleb
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Lillian Cornell | ... |
Millie Starling
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Mr. Westlake
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John Scott Trotter | ... |
Himself
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Jeanne Cagney | ... |
Country cousin
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Aunt Delia
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Ken Carpenter | ... |
Teddy Gardner (announcer)
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Bernard Schwartz
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Harry Barris | ... |
Bass Sax player
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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. Written by Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
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Some singers! Some swingers! The hum-dinger of hum-dingers!Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
6 September 1940 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Ajan sävel See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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(uncredited)
Music by James V. Monaco
Lyrics by Johnny Burke
Sung by Bing Crosby
also sung by Mary Martin and Bing Crosby
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. See more »Soundtracks
"Only Forever"(uncredited)
Music by James V. Monaco
Lyrics by Johnny Burke
Sung by Bing Crosby
also sung by Mary Martin and Bing Crosby
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This superb film draws on a variety of talented actors and musicians at the top of their form - Levant, Crosby, Martin, Rathbone, Manone are completely at home in the story that apparently was supplied by Billy Wilder. One would love to know more about how much he had to do with it, because it's an exceptionally clever variation on the sterile master/fertile servant tale - nearly an allegory of the entertainment industry, run by dried-up numskulls, but made into a vibrant world of art and play by an exploited underclass of nobodies and non-WASPs. Looking at the last six decades of music, TV, and film in the US, it's hard not to see the underlying insights of this film as prophetic.