Rhythm Serenade

1943 British film

Basil Woon
Marjorie Deans
Margaret Kennedy
Edward Dryhurst

Produced by

George Formby
Ben Henry

Starring

Vera Lynn
Peter Murray-Hill
Julien Mitchell

Cinematography

Geoffrey Faithfull
Erwin Hillier

Edited byAlan JaggsMusic byHarry Bidgood

Production
company

Columbia British Productions

Distributed byColumbia Pictures

Release date

11 October 1943 (1943-10-11)

Running time

87 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Rhythm Serenade is a 1943 British musical film directed by Gordon Wellesley and starring Vera Lynn, Peter Murray-Hill and Julien Mitchell.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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.^[4] George Formby, then under contract to Columbia, served as associate producer on the film.^[5]

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

References

^ "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.
^ 'Rhythm Serenade', Monthly Film Bulletin; Vol. 10, No. 109, (Jan 1, 1943): 88.
^ 'Rhythm Serenade ', (Columbia) Picture Show; Vol. 47, No. 1221, (Oct 9, 1943): 10.
^ Film Notes, Our Cinema Correspondent. The Irish Times, 17 Jan 1944: 3.
^ John Howard Reid. British Movie Entertainments (2010), p. 247