Rain or Shine (1930)
- Directed by
- Frank Capra
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- 18
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A breezy comedy from 1930 about a traveling circus troupe. The performers deal with mishaps and romantic entanglements as they put on a show.
light-heartedwhimsicalbreezyplayfulsillyupbeatdated charmfast-paced
What happens
Rain or Shine is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Frank Capra and starring Joe Cook, Louise Fazenda and Joan Peers. In the on-screen credits, Fazenda and Peers are shown side by side, with Fazenda first. In fact Peers plays the heroine. Fazenda appears as a Cooch dancer in what might be called a cameo role today. The film was adapted from a hit Broadway musical of the same name and was originally planned as a full-scale musical. Due to the public backlash against musical films (beginning in the latter part of the summer of 1930), all musical numbers were discarded before release. This move proved to be prudent as the film was a box office success, continuing the streak of hits Capra directed for the young Columbia Pictures studio. As a film published in 1930, it entered the public domain on January 1, 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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