Rhythm on the River
Released: August 28, 1940Runtime: 92 min
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.
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Bing Crosby
as Bob Sommers
Mary Martin
as Cherry Lane
Basil Rathbone
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Oscar Levant
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Oscar Shaw
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Charley Grapewin
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Lillian Cornell
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William Frawley
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Jeanne Cagney
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