Rhythm on the River (1940)

Film details

Featuring

Bing Crosby Mary Martin Basil Rathbone
Director

Victor Schertzinger
Country

USA
Year

1940
Genres

Comedy Musical
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Two songwriters who have been ghosting for a once famous man team up and succeed in getting known when they force him to acknowledge a song as theirs.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Bob Summers
    
    Bing Crosby
  - Cherry Lane
    
    Mary Martin
  - Oliver Courtney
    
    Basil Rathbone
  - Billy Starbuck
    
    Oscar Levant
  - Charlie Goodrich
    
    Oscar Shaw
  - Uncle Caleb
    
    Grapewin, Charley
  - Millie Starling
    
    Lillian Cornell
  - Phil Westlake
    
    William Frawley
  - orchestra leader
    
    John Scott Trotter
  - country cousin
    
    Cagney, Jean
  - Aunt Delia
    
    Helen Bertram
  - Teddy Gardner, announcer
    
    Ken Carpenter
  - Bernard Schwartz
    
    Charles Lane
  - bass player
    
    Harry Barris
  - the band
    
    Wingy Manone and his Band
  - [Uncle John]
    
    Pierre Watkin
  - [Bates, butler]
    
    Brandon Hurst
  - [elevator boy]
    
    Billy Benedict
  - [Patsy Flick]
    
    Phyllis Kennedy
  - [Woody]
    
    Wingy Manone
  - [Grand Central detective]
    
    James Flavin
  - [Grand Central detective]
    
    Robert E. Homans
  - [pawnbroker]
    
    Christian Rub
Credits
- Direction:
  - Directed by
    
    Victor Schertzinger
  - [Assistant Director]
    
    Hal Walker
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Paramount Pictures Corporation
  - Produced by
    
    William Lebaron
  Writing:
  - Screen Play by7
    
    Dwight Taylor
  - Based on a story by
    
    Billy Wilder
  - Based on a story by
    
    Jacques Théry
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Ted Tetzlaff
  - [Fill-in Photography]
    
    Karl Struss
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Hugh Bennett
  Design:
  - Art Direction
    
    Hans Dreier
  - Art Direction
    
    Ernst Fegté
  Costumes:
  - Costumes
    
    Edith Head
  Music:
  - Songs Lyrics by
    
    Johnny Burke
  - Songs Music by
    
    James V. Monaco
  - Musical Direction
    
    Victor Young
  - Songs Arranged and Conducted by
    
    John Scott Trotter
  - Musical Adviser
    
    Arthur Franklin
  Sound:
  - Sound Recording
    
    Earl Hayman
  - Sound Recording
    
    Richard Olson