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Rhythm on the Range

  • 1936
  • Approved
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
378
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Bing Crosby in Rhythm on the Range (1936)
ComedyDramaMusicRomanceWestern

Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the ranch where he works. He tries to ... Read allCowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the ranch where he works. He tries to win her heart, but without success, until she is endangered by gangsters.Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the ranch where he works. He tries to win her heart, but without success, until she is endangered by gangsters.

  • Director
    • Norman Taurog
  • Writers
    • Jack Moffitt
    • Sidney Salkow
    • Walter DeLeon
  • Stars
    • Bing Crosby
    • Frances Farmer
    • Bob Burns
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    378
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Norman Taurog
    • Writers
      • Jack Moffitt
      • Sidney Salkow
      • Walter DeLeon
    • Stars
      • Bing Crosby
      • Frances Farmer
      • Bob Burns
    • 15User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Bing Crosby
    Bing Crosby
    • Jeff Larabee
    Frances Farmer
    Frances Farmer
    • Doris Halloway
    Bob Burns
    Bob Burns
    • Buck Eaton
    Martha Raye
    Martha Raye
    • Emma Mazda
    Samuel S. Hinds
    Samuel S. Hinds
    • Robert Halloway
    Warren Hymer
    Warren Hymer
    • Big Brain
    Lucile Gleason
    Lucile Gleason
    • Penelope Ryland
    • (as Lucille Webster Gleason)
    George E. Stone
    George E. Stone
    • Shorty
    James Burke
    James Burke
    • Wabash
    Martha Sleeper
    Martha Sleeper
    • Constance Hyde
    Clem Bevans
    Clem Bevans
    • Gila Bend
    Leonid Kinskey
    Leonid Kinskey
    • Mischa
    Charles Williams
    • Gopher Mazda
    Beau Baldwin
    • 'Cuddles 50th
    Charles Arnt
    Charles Arnt
    • Dining Car Steward
    • (uncredited)
    Herbert Ashley
    Herbert Ashley
    • Train Brakeman
    • (uncredited)
    Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    • Rodeo Announcer
    • (uncredited)
    Hank Bell
    Hank Bell
    • Rodeo Cowboy
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Norman Taurog
    • Writers
      • Jack Moffitt
      • Sidney Salkow
      • Walter DeLeon
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    4none-85

    Very corny, but interesting as an early Frances Farmer movie.

    One of Frances Farmer's earliest movies; at 22, she is absolutely beautiful. Bing Crosby is in great voice, but the songs are not his best. Martha Raye and Bob Burns are interesting, but their comedy, probably great in its time, is really corny today. Roy Rogers also appears- in a singing role. In my view only worth watching if you are a Frances Farmer fan, and possibly a Bing Crosby fan.
    scoopr9

    Fun and Decent Entertainment

    This is one of my absolute favorites of Bing Crosby movies. It not only has an amusing and romantic story line, it features some great songs, like "I'm an Old Cowhand", which went on to be a huge hit. The movie also introduces a very young Roy Rogers (with a spot in the song segment of "I'm an Old Cowhand"), as well as Martha Raye and Bill Burns.

    By today's standards, it may be considered outdated or corny. But for those who like decent movies with no violence, language, sexual or suggestive content, it is a great movie and I know they will enjoy it.
    7jpstewart-02578

    There's a reason why Bing Crosby was one of the biggest box office stars of his era!

    Never mind the story (it rips along anyway), it's the playing (fun and lively from Bob Burns and Martha Raye) apt from Crosby and adequate from Francis Farmer) and the backgrounds, plus at least three good songs beautifully performed by Crosby and others including, briefly, Louis Prima and Roy Rogers! Well worth a visit.
    8jmk56

    Dated, but the first half of Frances Farmer's 1936 one-two punch to stardom

    Several of the preceding comments have gone into great detail about the film and its pleasures. "Rhythm on the Range" is, to our modern jaded eyes and ears, obviously dated, but it has a charm and sly humor that are abundant enough that even 21st century sophisticates can enjoy it. I concur that the major reason to watch the film is for the wonderful performance of Frances Farmer, here somewhat eschewing her early haughty characterizations for an almost subversive comedic performance. This was Frances' first "A" production, after receiving top billing in two very well received Paramount "B"'s, "Too Many Parents" and "Border Flight." Frances went straight from this film to her legendary role(s) in Goldwyn's "Come and Get It," so from late summer, when "Rhythm" was released, through the end of 1936, when "Come and Get It" premiered, she was arguably the hottest, and certainly one of the most talked about, new stars of that era.

    The duet one of the previous commenters mentioned, "The House Jack Built for Jill," was in fact filmed but was not, as that commenter stated, slated for the end of the film, but rather for the scene where Bing and Frances escape the rainstorm and find shelter in the farmhouse. I have Norman Taurog's original shooting script and the scene is still extant in the script, including Taurog's blue line through the pages indicating it was filmed.

    One of the previous commenters repeated some unfortunately commonly believed misinformation about Frances. Though Frances' institutionalization was certainly no picnic (to say the least), the most horrifyingly sensationalized allegations about her treatment (found in both her ghost-written autobiography and the largely fictionalized "Shadowland") never happened, including the spurious claim that she was lobotomized. My article detailing the truth about these allegations, "Shedding Light on Shadowland," is linked under the Miscellaneous section on the IMDb listing for Frances Farmer. Or you can find it by using a search engine and searching for "Shedding Light on Shadowland."
    7bkoganbing

    Bing's Home On The Range.

    Another source of recording material for Bing Crosby were western songs. He recorded a good many of them in his career. About the time Rhythm on the Range was being made the singing cowboy was just getting started as a movie staple. When Bing's 78s were being compiled into vinyl albums in the 1950s he had recorded enough for several albums. Lots of the songs of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers are in the Crosby catalog in fact a young Roy Rogers can be spotted in the I'm An Old Cowhand number.

    Runaway heiresses were another movie staple especially in the 1930s and that's Frances Farmer's part. She's running away from a marriage she's not terribly thrilled about and stowing away on a freight boxcar she finds Bing Crosby who unbeknownst to her works as a ranchhand on her aunt's Frying Pan Ranch out in Arizona. Bing is nursemaiding a bull named Cuddles and Bing, Frances and Cuddles make their way west with several adventures. Trailing them are a trio of hoboes played very well by James Burke, Warren Hymer, and George E. Stone who have found out who Frances is and are looking to make a quick buck. Their machinations go for naught of course.

    In Frances Farmer's book, Will There Ever Be A Morning, she describes a not very happy life in Hollywood. However she liked this film, as it had no pretensions and similarly her leading man. She described Bing Crosby as a pleasant unassuming fellow who she liked, but didn't get to know real well. Frances had a best friend, a matron of honor to be, for the wedding that didn't come off. She was played by Martha Sleeper and I think a lot of her part was edited out. Sleeper gave some hints of a really juicy Eve Arden type character that could have been used more.

    The second leads were played by Bob Burns and Martha Raye. Burns, the Arkansas Traveler and regular on Crosby's Kraft Music Hall, played his usual rustic type and in this film introduced his patented musical instrument, the bazooka. Made out of two gas pipes and a funnel, the bazooka was a kind of countrified bassoon. The army's anti-tank device in World War II looked something like it and it was named as such.

    Martha Raye made her debut in this film and would go on to do two other films with Crosby. She sings her famous Mr. Paganini number here and her bumptious character complement Burns quite nicely.

    Crosby sings A Cowboy's Lullaby to Cuddles trying to calm him down during the train ride and the famous Empty Saddles during a scene at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo. He gets a ballad entitled I Can't Escape From You to sing while on the road with Farmer. But the most famous song to come out of this film is I'm An Old Cowhand which was a big seller for him. It's an ensemble number with just about everyone in the cast participating including as I said before, Roy Rogers and also a young Louis Prima. Now there's an interesting combination. I'm An Old Cowhand was written with words and music by Crosby's good friend and sometime singing partner Johnny Mercer.

    IT's a good film and I'm surprised Paramount didn't come up with any more Western type material for Bing considering he did a lot of recording of that material. The only other western type ballads he ever sung on the screen were The Funny Old Hills from Paris Honeymoon and When The Moon Comes Over Madison Square from Rhythm on the River.

    Crosby would have to wait until he essayed Thomas Mitchell's part in the remake of Stagecoach during the 1960s to be in another western. And there he sang no songs at all.

    One song that was cut out from the film was a duet by Crosby and Farmer called The House Jack Built for Jill. Crosby did record it for Decca as a solo and it is heard towards the end of the film in background. I was lucky to get a bootleg recording from the cut soundtrack. Frances talk/sings a la Rex Harrison and Bing sings it in his inimitable style. I think this was supposed to be a finale and it was cut at the last minute. The film does end somewhat abruptly and you can tell there was more shot. Maybe one day it will be restored.

    Rhythm on the Range was remade by Paramount with Martin and Lewis as Pardners. Dean and Jerry are good, but it ain't a patch to the original.

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    • Trivia
      Among the uncredited performers in the "I'm An Old Cowhand" number were Roy Rogers, Sons of the Pioneers and trumpeter Louis Prima.
    • Goofs
      This film relies repeatedly on the myth that bulls react to red scarves. Truth of the matter is, the color red isn't what causes bulls to attack. In fact, bulls don't seem to have any color preference at all. They'll charge whichever object is moving the most, which means this old myth can get tossed right of the ring.
    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)
      (uncredited)

      Written by Johnny Mercer

      Sung by Bing Crosby, Leonid Kinskey, Martha Raye Bob Burns and Louis Prima,

      accompanied by the Sons of the Pioneers

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    • Release date
      • July 1, 1936 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 愉快なリズム
    • Filming locations
      • Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 27m(87 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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