Rhythm on the River (1940) on Netflix
Oliver Courtney takes credit for songs other people write. Bob Sommers supplies his tunes and Cherry Lane his lyrics. The two keep meeting, each unaware they work for the same man.
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Plot summary
Oliver Courtney is a composer who puts his name on songs written by other people and takes the credit. Bob Sommers writes the tunes, working alongside Billy Starbuck. After Courtney's lyric writer dies, Cherry Lane takes the job, though she hesitates about writing under someone else's name. Neither is allowed to say who employs them. Finding her home too distracting for writing, Cherry takes the advice to look for somewhere small and quiet, and she goes to Tarrytown, taking a room at Nobody's Inn, the river hotel kept by Uncle Caleb. Bob chooses the same moment to visit the inn. The two run into each other once more, get acquainted, and write a song of their own.
Cast
- John Scott Trotteras Orchestra Leader
- Helen Bertramas Aunt Delia
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Rhythm on the River (1940)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film mentions a fictional song called "Goodbye to Love"; Richard Carpenter watched it, thought the title would work for a Carpenters song, and the group recorded and released one under that name in 1972.
