Rainbow Island

Plot

Rainbow Island is a lavish Technicolor confection designed to show off the physical attributes of star Dorothy Lamour. This time Lamour is a white girl raised as native on a tropical isle. Barry Sullivan, Eddie Bracken and Gil Lamb play merchant-marine sailors hiding from Japanese troops on Lamour's island. The storyline may have had dramatic inclinations, but these are forgotten amidst several seductive musical numbers and numerous shots of Dorothy swaying in her patented sarong. Perhaps aware that no one could have taken this film seriously, Ms. Lamour plays her role for laughs, and gets them. Rainbow Island was based on a story by silent screen star Seena Owen, the "Dorothy Lamour" of her time. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Dorothy Lamour - Lona
• Eddie Bracken - Toby Smith
• Gil Lamb - Pete Jenkins
• Barry Sullivan - Ken Masters
• Forrest Orr - Doctor Curtis

Anne Revere - Queen Okalana; Reed Hadley - High Priest Kahuna; Marc Lawrence - Alcoa; Adia Kuznetzoff - Executioner; Olga San Juan - Miki; Elena Verdugo - Moana; Eddie Acuff - Sailor; Luis Alberni - Jerry, Native with Laundry; Bobby Barber - Native Banana Man; Douglas Carter; Yvonne De Carlo - Lona's Companion; Allen Fox - Merchant Marine; Victor Laplace - Native Girl; Iris Lancaster - Native Girl; George Lee; Leon Lontoc - Japanese Pilot; Frank Marlowe - Merchant Marine; Paul McVey - U.S. Naval Commander; Alex Montoya - Queen's Guard; Noel Neill - Lona's Companion; Rodd Redwing; Dan Seymour - Fat Native Man; Robert St. Angelo - Queen's Guard; Bob Stephenson - Merchant Marine; Frank Wilcox - Captain; Audrey Wilder - Native girl; Audrey Young; Stanley Price - Tonto; Aggie Auld - Native Girl; Theodore Rand; Ralph Linn - U.S. Naval Lieutenant; Satini Puailoa - Queen's Guard; Louise LaPlanche - Native Girl; Larry Thompson - Lieutenant

Credit

Haldane Douglas - Art Director, Hans Dreier - Art Director, Daniel Dare - Choreography, Edith Head - Costume Designer, Ralph Murphy - Director, Arthur P. Schmidt - Editor, Roy Webb - Composer (Music Score), Karl Struss - Cinematographer, E.D. Leshin - Producer, George Sawley - Set Designer, Gordon Jennings - Special Effects, Seena Owen - Screen Story, Walter de Leon - Screenwriter, Arthur Phillips - Screenwriter

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