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Rhythm Serenade
Directed byGordon Wellesley
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byAlan Jaggs
Music byHarry Bidgood
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • 11 October 1943 (1943-10-11)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£67,010[1]

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

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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

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(all performed by Vera Lynn)

Cast

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References

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  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. ^ "Film Reviews". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 12, no. 30. Australia. 6 January 1945. p. 24. Retrieved 8 January 2019 – via 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. ^ John Howard Reid. British Movie Entertainments (2010), p. 247
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