The Rains Came
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| Author | Louis Bromfield |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Released | June 1937 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 597 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
The Rains Came is the title of novel by Louis Bromfield, published in 1937, as well as the 1939 20th Century Fox film version which followed it.
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The film was directed by Clarence Brown and starred Tyrone Power, Myrna Loy, George Brent, Brenda Joyce, Nigel Bruce and Maria Ouspenskaya. The plot follows the romantic entanglement of an Indian doctor, a British woman and her former (also British) flame.
It was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning -- due to its spectacular earthquake and flood sequences -- in the category of "Special Effects and Sound Effects". In this category, it beat out The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), although today Oz is a much more famous film and most audiences would probably argue that its special effects are far more creative and superior to those in The Rains Came.
The Rains Came was remade in 1955 as The Rains of Ranchipur, with Richard Burton, Lana Turner and Fred MacMurray in the Power, Loy and Brent roles. The 1939 film uses the original novel's ending; the 1955 film does not.
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