Riverboat Rhythm

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Riverboat Rhythm
Riverboat Rhythm poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Leslie Goodwins
Screenplay by Charles E. Roberts
Story byRobert Faber
Produced byNat Holt
Starring Leon Errol
Glenn Vernon
Walter Catlett
Marc Cramer
Jonathan Hale
Cinematography Robert De Grasse
Edited byMarvin Coil
Music by Roy Webb
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Pictures
Release date
  • February 13, 1946 (1946-02-13)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Riverboat Rhythm is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Charles E. Roberts. The film stars Leon Errol, Glenn Vernon, Walter Catlett, Joan Newton, Marc Cramer, and Jonathan Hale. The film was released on February 13, 1946, by RKO Radio Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

Matt Lindsay is the owner of a broken-down showboat, perpetually one small step ahead of his creditors and the law. At one point, he disguises himself as Col. Witherspoon, a con artist he'd met earlier, only to find himself in the middle of a blood feud with Col. Beeler, who aims to settle things once and for all—with a pistol.

Cast

Production

Riverboat Rhythm was originally conceived in September 1944 as a vehicle for its juvenile musical-comedy team of Glenn Vernon and Marcy McGuire. When RKO suddenly released McGuire, Vernon suggested his erstwhile Broadway co-star Joan Newton to fill McGuire's role. The project was retooled as a Leon Errol comedy along the lines of his Mexican Spitfire features, with Spitfire veterans Charles E. Roberts and Leslie Goodwins writing and directing, respectively. Errol joined the cast in May 1945 [4] as "Matt Lindsay," the familiar character he'd played in the Spitfire comedies, and the script gave him opportunities for mistaken-identity masquerades (a Spitfire hallmark).

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References

  1. ↑ "Riverboat Rhythm (1946) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Riverboat Rhythm". TV Guide. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Sandra Brennan (2014). "Riverboat Rhythm (1946)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Box Office Digest, May 19, 1945, p. 10.


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