Rhythm on the River

Rhythm on the River

92 mins | Comedy, Music | Aug. 28, 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 then try to sell their songs under their own name. The problem is every song publisher thinks they're copying Courtney's style.

Rhythm on the River

92 mins | Comedy, Music | Aug. 28, 1940

Rhythm on the River
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Paramount
Original title Rhythm on the River
Directors Victor Schertzinger
Writers Jacques Théry, Dwight Taylor, Billy Wilder

Cast

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