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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox film

| name = Rainbow on the River

| image = File:Louise Beavers Bobby Breen Rainbow on the River.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Louise Beavers and Bobby Breen in a scene from the film

| native_name =

| director = Kurt Neumann
George Sherman

| producer = Sol Lesser
Edward Gross

| writer =

| screenplay = Harry Chandlee
Earle Snell
William Hurlbut

| story =

| based_on =

| starring = Bobby Breen
May Robson
Charles Butterworth

| narrator =

| music = Hugo Riesenfeld

| cinematography = Charles Schoenbaum

| editing = Robert Crandall

| studio = Bobby Breen Productions
Principal Productions

| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures

| released =

| runtime = 91 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

'Rainbow on the River' (also known as 'It Happened in New Orleans') is a 1936 American musical film directed by Kurt Neumann from a screenplay by Harry Chandlee, Earle Snell, and William Hurlbut, based upon the novel 'Toinette's Philip' by C. V. Jamison. Produced by Bobby Breen Productions and Principal Productions, the movie was premiered in New York City on December 17, 1936, and released nationwide by RKO Radio Pictures the following week on Christmas Day. The film stars Bobby Breen, May Robson and Charles Butterworth.

Plot summary



An orphan raised by a former slave in the South is forced to live with unfamiliar relatives in the North.

Cast



* Bobby Breen as Philip Ainsworth

* May Robson as Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth

* Charles Butterworth as Barrett

* Alan Mowbray as Ralph Layton

* Benita Hume as Julia Layton

* Henry O'Neill as Father Josef

* Louise Beavers as Toinette

* Marilyn Knowlden as Lucille Layton

* Lillian Yarbo as Seline (uncredited)


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