Movies:
Rhythm on the Range |
- Rating:
- Genre: Musical
- Themes: Cattle Ranchers, Workplace Romance
- Director: Norman Taurog
- Main Cast: Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, Martha Raye, Samuel S. Hinds
- Release Year: 1936
- Country: US
- Run Time: 85 minutes
Plot
Bing Crosby's only western (outside of the 1966 version of Stagecoach), Rhythm on the Range stars Crosby as a casual cowpoke on his way back to the Wide Open Spaces after an eastern visit. He meets a young train stowaway (Frances Farmer), whom he regards as a hoydenish vagabond until learning that she's the owner of the ranch where he works. Farmer resists Crosby's charms until he rescues her from a gang of rustlers. Among the supporting cast is Mischa Auer, Bob "Bazooka" Burns, and, in her film debut, 19-year-old Martha Raye. The film also introduces the song hit "I'm an Old Cowhand", which is sung at one point or another by everyone in the cast, including Russian-born Mischa Auer. Rhythm on the Range was remade in 1956 as Pardners, with a few minor alterations--notably the casting of Jerry Lewis in the Frances Farmer role! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie GuideCast
- Bing Crosby - Jeff Larrabee
- Frances Farmer - Doris Halloway
- Martha Raye - Emma
- Samuel S. Hinds - Robert Halloway
Warren Hymer - Big Brain; Lucille Gleason - Penelope Ryland; George E. Stone - Shorty; James Burke - Wabash; Clem Bevans - Gilla Bind; Charles Williams - Gopher; Charles Arnt - Steward; Herbert Ashley - Brakeman; Irving Bacon - Announcer; Beau Baldwin - Cuddles; Harry C. Bradley - Minister; Charles "Heinie" Conklin - Driver; Frank Dawson - Butler; Leonid Kinskey - Mischa; Sam McDaniel - Porter; Bob McKenzie - Farmer; The Sons of the Pioneers; Roy Rogers; Sid Saylor - Gus; Martha Sleeper - Constance; Oscar Smith - Waiter; Jim Toney - Oil Station Proprietor; Emmett Vogan - Clerk; Eddy Waller - Field Judge; Lucile Watson; Otto Yamaoka - Chinese Houseboy; Duke York - Officer; Bob Burns - Buck Burns; Dennis O'Keefe - Heckler; Louis Prima - Trumpet Player; James Blaine - Conductor
