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 Guide
Hans Dreier - Art Director, Robert Usher - Art Director, Edith Head - Costume Designer, Norman Taurog - Director, Ellsworth Hoagland - Editor, Sam Coslow - Composer (Music Score), Billy Hill - Composer (Music Score), Leo Robin - Composer (Music Score), Richard A. Whiting - Composer (Music Score), Boris Morros - Musical Direction/Supervision, Walter Bullock - Songwriter, Billy Hill - Songwriter, Frederick Hollander - Songwriter, Johnny Mercer - Songwriter, Ralph Rainger - Songwriter, Leo Robin - Songwriter, Richard A. Whiting - Songwriter, Bager Clark - Songwriter, Gertrude Ross - Songwriter, J. Keirn Brennan - Songwriter, Karl Struss - Cinematographer, Benjamin Glazer - Producer, A.E. Freudeman - Set Designer, Walter de Leon - Screenwriter, Francis Martin - Screenwriter, Sidney Salkow - Screenwriter, John C. Moffitt - Screenwriter, Jack Moffitt - Screenwriter, Mervin J. Houser - Short Story Author
