Riverboat Rhythm

1946 film by Leslie Goodwins

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 (1946-02-13)

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

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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

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* Leon Errol as Matt Lindsay/Colonel Witherspoon imposter
* 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

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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

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1. ^ "Riverboat Rhythm (1946) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
2. ^ "Riverboat Rhythm". TV Guide. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ Box Office Digest, May 19, 1945, p. 10.

## External links

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* Riverboat Rhythm at IMDb
* Riverboat Rhythm at the TCM Movie Database
* Riverboat Rhythm at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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Films directed by Leslie Goodwins

* Dummy Ache (1936)
* With Love and Kisses (1936)
* Headline Crasher (1936)
* The Devil Diamond (1937)
* Anything for a Thrill (1937)
* Should Wives Work? (1937)
* Deep South (1937)
* Crime Ring (1938)
* Fugitives for a Night (1938)
* Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)
* Tarnished Angel (1938)
* Almost a Gentleman (1939)
* The Girl from Mexico (1939)
* Sued for Libel (1939)
* The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)
* Mexican Spitfire (1940)
* Pop Always Pays (1940)
* Men Against the Sky (1940)
* Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
* Let's Make Music (1941)
* They Met in Argentina (1941)
* Parachute Battalion (1941)
* The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941)
* Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942)
* Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942)
* Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942)
* Ladies' Day (1943)
* Gals, Incorporated (1943)
* Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943)
* The Adventures of a Rookie (1943)
* Silver Skates (1943)
* Rookies in Burma (1943)
* Casanova in Burlesque (1944)
* Goin' to Town (1944)
* The Singing Sheriff (1944)
* Hi, Beautiful (1944)
* The Mummy's Curse (1944)
* I'll Tell the World (1945)
* An Angel Comes to Brooklyn (1945)
* Riverboat Rhythm (1946)
* Genius at Work (1946)
* Vacation in Reno (1946)
* Dragnet (1947)
* The Lone Wolf in London (1947)
* Gold Fever (1952)
* Fireman Save My Child (1954)
* Paris Follies of 1956 (1955)
* The Go-Getter (1956)

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