The Rainbow (1929 film)

The Rainbow
Directed by	Reginald Barker
Written by	Fanny Hatton Frederic Hatton Gordon Rigby
Produced by	John M. Stahl
Starring	Dorothy Sebastian Lawrence Gray Sam Hardy
Cinematography	Ernest Miller
Edited by	Robert Kern
Music by	Joseph Littau
Production company	Tiffany Pictures
Distributed by	Tiffany Pictures
Release date	February 1, 1929 (1929-02-01)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles)

The Rainbow is a 1929 American synchronized sound pre-Code Western film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Dorothy Sebastian, Lawrence Gray and Sam Hardy. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The soundtrack was recorded using the Tiffany-Tone process using RCA Photophone equipment.

Cast

• Dorothy Sebastian as Lola
• Lawrence Gray as Jim Forbes
• Sam Hardy as Derbyy Scanlon
• Harvey Clark as Baldy
• Paul Hurst as Pat
• Gino Corrado as Slug
• King Zany as Dummy

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "The Song of Gold" which was composed by Jimmie V. Monaco and Edgar Leslie.

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

Bibliography

• Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

• The Rainbow at IMDb