Rainbow Island (film)

Rainbow Island
Directed by Ralph Murphy
Produced by E.D. Leshin
Screenplay by Arthur Phillips
Walter DeLeon
Story by Seena Owen
Starring Dorothy Lamour
Eddie Bracken
Gil Lamb
Barry Sullivan
Forrest Orr
Anne Revere
Reed Hadley
Music by Roy Webb
Cinematography Karl Struss
Edited by Arthur P. Schmidt
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • September 15, 1944
Running time
 98 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Rainbow Island is a 1944 American musical comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Arthur Phillips and Walter DeLeon. The film stars Dorothy Lamour, Eddie Bracken, Gil Lamb, Barry Sullivan, Forrest Orr, Anne Revere and Reed Hadley. The film was released on SEptember 15, 1944, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2]

Cast

Production

Dorothy Lamour was reluctant to play the lead. Paramount were going to use contract player Yvonne De Carlo instead but then Lamour changed her mind, and De Carlo was relegated to a bit player. "You might have seen Gil Lamb chasing me through the bushes in it," said De Carlo later.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Rainbow Island (1944) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  2. ↑ Crowther, Bosley (1944-10-26). "Movie Review - Rainbow Island - 'Rainbow Island,' With Bracken and Lamour Opens at Criterion - 'Abroad With Yanks' at Globe". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  3. ↑ THE UNVEILING OF YVONNE (SALOME) DE CARLO: Herewith Some Early Film Entries in the Easter Week Sweepstakes By THOMAS M. PRYOR. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 25 Mar 1945: X3.

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