Rhythm Serenade Explained

Rhythm Serenade is a 1943 British musical film directed by Gordon Wellesley and starring Vera Lynn, Peter Murray-Hill and Julien Mitchell.^{[2] [3] [4]}

It was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. The film's sets were designed by the art director George Provis. It was made by the British subsidiary of Columbia Pictures.^[5] George Formby, then under contract to Columbia, served as associate producer on the film.^[6]

Plot

A teacher goes to work organising a nursery for a munitions factory. She establishes one at a cottage and has a romance with the owner.

Songs

(all performed by Vera Lynn)

• Bye and Bye (Jimmy Wakely, Fred Rose and Johnny Marvin)
• I Love to Sing (Paul Misraki, with English lyrics by Michael Carr and Tommie Connor)
• It Doesn't Cost a Dime (Michael Carr and Tommie Connor)
• So it Goes On
• The Sunshine of Your Smile (Leonard Cooke and Lilian Ray)
• When We’re Home Sweet Home Again (Annette Mills and Fred Prisker)
• With All My Heart (Reginald King and Jack Popplewell)

Cast

• Vera Lynn as Ann Martin
• Peter Murray-Hill as John Drover
• Julien Mitchell as Mr. Jimson
• Charles Victor as Mr. Martin
• Jimmy Jewel as Jimmy Martin
• Ben Warriss as Ben Martin
• Joss Ambler as Mr. Preston
• Rosalyn Boulter as Monica Jimson
• Betty Jardine as Helen
• Irene Handl as Mrs. Crumbling
• Lloyd Pearson as Mr. Simkins
• Jimmy Clitheroe as Joey
• Joan Kemp-Welch as Bit part
• Aubrey Mallalieu as Vicar
• Leslie Phillips as Soldier

External links

• Rhythm Serenade at IMDb
• Rhythm Serenade at Letterbox DVD
• Rhythm Serenade at BFI

Notes and References

1. James Chapman ‘The Billings verdict’: Kine Weekly and the British Box Office, 1936–62' Journal of British Cinema and Television, Volume 20 Issue 2, Page 200-238, p 211
2. News: Film Reviews . . 12 . 30 . Australia . 6 January 1945 . 8 January 2019 . 24 . National Library of Australia.
3. 'Rhythm Serenade',Monthly Film Bulletin; Vol. 10, No. 109, (Jan 1, 1943): 88.
4. 'Rhythm Serenade ', (Columbia) Picture Show; Vol. 47, No. 1221, (Oct 9, 1943): 10.
5. Film Notes, Our Cinema Correspondent. The Irish Times, 17 Jan 1944: 3.
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=mh2fAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22So+it+Goes+on%22+%22Vera+Lynn%22&pg=PA247 John Howard Reid. British Movie Entertainments (2010), p. 247