Rhythm on the Range

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, Rovi

Cast

• 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

Credit

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

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