Rainbow Island (1944 film)

Rainbow Island
Rainbow Island
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ralph Murphy
Screenplay by	Arthur Phillips; Walter DeLeon
Story by	Seena Owen
Produced by	E.D. Leshin
Starring	Dorothy Lamour; Eddie Bracken; Gil Lamb; Barry Sullivan; Forrest Orr; Anne Revere; Reed Hadley
Cinematography	Karl Struss
Edited by	Arthur P. Schmidt
Music by	Score:; Roy Webb; Songs:; Burton Lane (music); Ted Koehler (lyrics)
Production; company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	September 5, 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 5, 1944, by Paramount Pictures.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Cast

Dorothy Lamour as Lona
Eddie Bracken as Toby Smith
Gil Lamb as Pete Jenkins
Barry Sullivan as Ken Masters
Forrest Orr as Dr. Curtis
Anne Revere as Queen Okalana
Reed Hadley as High Priest Kahuna
Marc Lawrence as Alcoa
Adia Kuznetzoff as Executioner
Olga San Juan as Miki
Elena Verdugo as Moana

Production

Dorothy Lamour was reluctant to play the lead. Paramount was 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

↑ "Rainbow Island". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
↑ Crowther, Bosley (October 26, 1944). "'Rainbow Island,' With Bracken and Lamour Opens at Criterion -- 'Abroad With Yanks' at Globe". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
↑ Pryor, Thomas M. (March 25, 1945). "THE UNVEILING OF YVONNE (SALOME) DE CARLO: Herewith Some Early Film Entries in the Easter Week Sweepstakes". New York Times. p. X3. Retrieved August 3, 2026.

External links

Rainbow Island at IMDb

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[1] "Rainbow Island". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2026.

[2] Crowther, Bosley (October 26, 1944). "'Rainbow Island,' With Bracken and Lamour Opens at Criterion -- 'Abroad With Yanks' at Globe". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 3, 2026.

[3] Pryor, Thomas M. (March 25, 1945). "THE UNVEILING OF YVONNE (SALOME) DE CARLO: Herewith Some Early Film Entries in the Easter Week Sweepstakes". New York Times. p. X3. Retrieved August 3, 2026.

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