Rhythm on the River

6.8

92 minutes

8/28/1940

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.

Cast List

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