Rhythm on the River (1940)

Directed by

Victor Schertzinger

Genre

comedy film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two ghostwriters write songs for a famous composer who takes all the credit. They meet and decide to get revenge while falling for each other.

lightheartedromanticwhimsicalplayfulbreezyupbeatcharmingnostalgic

What happens

Rhythm on the River is a 1940 American musical comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Bing Crosby and Mary Martin as ghostwriters whose songs are credited to a composer played by Basil Rathbone. Crosby and Martin sang "Only Forever", for which James V. Monaco (music) and Johnny Burke (lyrics) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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