Rhythm on the River
1940 | 92m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Victor Schertzinger |
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| Writer: | Dwight Taylor, Jacques Théry, Billy Wilder |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 28, 1940 |
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| Director: | Victor Schertzinger |
| Writer: | Dwight Taylor, Jacques Théry, Billy Wilder |
| Genres: | Comedy, Music |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2026 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bing Crosby | Bob Sommers |
| Mary Martin | Cherry Lane |
| Basil Rathbone | Oliver Courtney |
| Oscar Levant | Billy Starbuck |
| Oscar Shaw | Charlie Goodrich |
| Charley Grapewin | Uncle Caleb |
| Lillian Cornell | Millie Starling |
| William Frawley | Mr. Westlake |
| Jeanne Cagney | Country cousin |
| Charles Lane | Bernard Schwartz |
| John Scott Trotter | Orchestra Leader |
| Helen Bertram | Aunt Delia |
| Ken Carpenter | Teddy Gardner (announcer) |
| Harry Barris | Bass Sax player |
| Wingy Manone | Himself - Band Leader |
| Mary Akin | Party Guest |
| William Benedict | Elevator Boy |
| Don Brodie | Mr. Schwartz's Stooge #1 |
| Mary Cecil | Irish Landlady |
| Barney Dean | Mr. Schwartz' Stooge #2 |
| Edward Emerson | Headwaiter |
| James Flavin | Detective |
| Pauline Haddon | Westlake's Receptionist |
| Beth Hartmen | Party Guest |
| Robert Homans | Detective |
| Brandon Hurst | Bates |
| Richard Keene | Trotter's Manager |
| Douglas Kennedy | Party Guest |
| Phyllis Kennedy | Patsy Flick |
| Charles McAvoy | Train Announcer |
| Bert Moorhouse | Party Guest |
| Clive Morgan | Party Guest |
| Jack Pepper | Bob's Cabbie |
| Jean Phillips | Party Guest |
| Cyril Ring | Party Guest |
| Ronald R. Rondell | Party Guest |
| Christian Rub | Pawnbroker |
| Max Wagner | Cherry's Cabbie |
| George Walcott | Doorman |
| Janet Waldo | Westlake's Receptionist |
| Pierre Watkin | Uncle John |
| Evelyn West | The Cook |
| Florence Wix | Party Guest |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Dwight Taylor | Screenplay |
| Jacques Théry | Story |
| Hugh Bennett | Editor |
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Ernst Fegté | Art Direction |
| Victor Schertzinger | Director |
| Billy Wilder | Story |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Ted Tetzlaff | Director of Photography |
| Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| William LeBaron | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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