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Riverboat Rhythm
Riverboat Rhythm
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Leslie Goodwins
Screenplay by	Charles E. Roberts
Story by	Robert Faber
Produced by	Nat Holt
Starring	Leon Errol; Glenn Vernon; Walter Catlett; Marc Cramer; Jonathan Hale
Cinematography	Robert De Grasse
Edited by	Marvin Coil
Music by	Roy Webb
Production; company	RKO Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release date	February 13, 1946;
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Riverboat Rhythm is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Charles E. Roberts. The film stars Leon Errol, Glenn Vernon, Walter Catlett, Joan Newton, Marc Cramer, and Jonathan Hale. The film was released on February 13, 1946, by RKO Radio Pictures.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

Matt Lindsay is the owner of a broken-down showboat, perpetually one small step ahead of his creditors and the law. At one point, he disguises himself as Col. Witherspoon, a con artist he'd met earlier, only to find himself in the middle of a blood feud with Col. Beeler, who aims to settle things once and for all—with a pistol.

Cast

Leon Errol as Matt Lindsay
Glenn Vernon as John Beeler
Walter Catlett as Colonel Jeffrey "Smitty" Witherspoon
Marc Cramer as Lionel Beeler
Jonathan Hale as Colonel Edward Beeler
Joan Newton as Midge Lindsay
Emory Parnell as Sheriff Martin
Harry Harvey, Sr. as Ezra Beeler
Florence Lake as Penelope Beeler Witherspoon
Dorothy Vaughan as Belle Crowley
Ben Carter as Benjamin
Mantan Moreland as Mantan
Frankie Carle and His Orchestra

Production

Riverboat Rhythm was originally conceived in September 1944 as a vehicle for its juvenile musical-comedy team of Glenn Vernon and Marcy McGuire. When RKO suddenly released McGuire, Vernon suggested his erstwhile Broadway co-star Joan Newton to fill McGuire's role. The project was retooled as a Leon Errol comedy along the lines of his Mexican Spitfire features, with Spitfire veterans Charles E. Roberts and Leslie Goodwins writing and directing, respectively. Errol joined the cast in May 1945^[4] as "Matt Lindsay," the familiar character he'd played in the Spitfire comedies, and the script gave him opportunities for mistaken-identity masquerades (a Spitfire hallmark).

References

^ "Riverboat Rhythm (1946) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
^ "Riverboat Rhythm". TV Guide. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
^ Sandra Brennan (2014). "Riverboat Rhythm (1946)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
^ Box Office Digest, May 19, 1945, p. 10.