Swingin' on a Rainbow

1945
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1h 12m

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Stanley Brown, Jane Frazee, and Amelita Ward in Swingin' on a Rainbow (1945)

A young girl goes to New York to find a band leader who has stolen all the songs she wrote and is passing them off as his own. She soon meets and falls in love with a struggling young songwr... Read allA young girl goes to New York to find a band leader who has stolen all the songs she wrote and is passing them off as his own. She soon meets and falls in love with a struggling young songwriter who has his own problems.A young girl goes to New York to find a band leader who has stolen all the songs she wrote and is passing them off as his own. She soon meets and falls in love with a struggling young songwriter who has his own problems.

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5.8/10

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Jane Frazee

Lynn Ford

Stanley Brown

Steve Ames
(as Brad Taylor)

Harry Langdon

Chester Willouby

Minna Gombell

Minnie Regan

Amelita Ward

Barbara Marsden

Tim Ryan

Hustun Greer

Paul Harvey

Thomas Marsden

Wendell Niles

Radio Announcer

Richard Davies

Jimmy Rhodes

Helen Talbot

Myrtle

Gertrude Astor

Bit
(uncredited)

William Austin

Musician
(uncredited)

George Barton

Window Washer
(uncredited)

Roy Darmour

Radio Technician
(uncredited)

George Davis

Photographer
(uncredited)

Charles Dorety

Soda Man
(uncredited)

Frank Fanning

George the Doorman
(uncredited)

Charles Forsythe

Sound Effects Man
(uncredited)

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john5th

Ambitious Midwestern girl moves to New York to claim a cash prize for writing an original song, the contest is a sham and that is just the beginning of her troubles and eventual romance.

This is a surprisingly funny Republic musical about a Midwestern girl's attempts to claim a cash prize for winning a songwriting competition. The contest is fixed and there is no cash prize. Then the band leader sponsoring the contest steals the song, changes the title and claims it as his composition. The plucky girl leaves for New York and manages to move into his unoccupied apartment by pretending to be his sister. She ends up meeting his songwriting partner, the handsome Brad Taylor, who also lives in the next apartment. They hit it off and write beautiful music together never knowing they are next door neighbors. The script and direction are fun and the songs are nice. What elevates the whole thing is Jane Frazee's very funny performance as the determined prizewinner - and her singing voice is lovely! The chemistry between Miss Frazee and Mr. Taylor is great and you gotta watch for the final scene where the two are bashing on the wall connecting their apartments unaware of who is on the other side.

john5th

Ambitious Midwestern girl moves to New York to claim a cash prize for writing an original song, the contest is a sham and that is just the beginning of her troubles and eventual romance.

This is a surprisingly funny Republic musical about a Midwestern girl's attempts to claim a cash prize for winning a songwriting competition. The only problem is that the contest is fixed and there is no cash prize. The band leader sponsoring the contest steals the song, alters the title and claims it as his composition. The plucky girl leaves for New York and manages to move into his unoccupied apartment by pretending to be his sister. She ends up meeting his songwriting partner played by Brad Taylor, who also lives in the next apartment. They hit it off and write beautiful music together never knowing they are next door neighbors. The script and direction are fun and the songs are nice. What elevates the whole thing is Jane Frazee's very funny performance as the determined prizewinner - her singing voice is lovely! The chemistry between Miss Frazee and Mr. Taylor is great and you gotta watch for the final scene where the two are bashing on the wall connecting their apartments unaware of who is on the other side.