Rhythm on the River poster

Movie · 1940

Rhythm on the River

Released 28 August 1940 More from 1940 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers meet at an inn, they fall in love and then try to sell their songs under their own name. The problem is every song publisher thinks they're copying Courtney's style.

FR·01

How old were they?

Oldest first
Brandon Hurst
as Bates
73
William Frawley
as Mr. Westlake
53
Pierre Watkin
as Uncle John
50
Bing Crosby
as Bob Sommers
37
Don Brodie
as Mr. Schwartz's Stooge #1
36
Charles Lane
as Bernard Schwartz
35
Douglas Kennedy
as Party Guest
24
Jeanne Cagney
as Country cousin
21
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
52years between the oldest and youngest billed
73Brandon Hurst — oldest on the call sheet
21Jeanne Cagney — youngest billed
41average age of the credited cast
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