The year is 1938 in british india, and our story takes place in the picturesque city of ranchipur, presently sweltering under the heat, with locals praying for much needed rains and relief. A movie where tyrone power, myrna loy, and the entire colonial state of india get so horny clarence brown has to unleash a monsoon earthquake of epic proportions to correct the sexy misdeeds of men. One would assume that the wizard of oz or gone with the wind took the 1939 academy award for best special effects. While it is not in the same class as gone with the wind, the. It has one of those casts where you wonder who isnt in this movie. The flood, which occurred on the twentieth century fox lot, looks very real as it. Rent the rains came 1939 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The rains came 1939 a character drama and serious romance set against a mammoth natural disaster, the rains came offers excellent special effects, powerful emotions, and memorable characters in an exotic location. Tyrone power was 20th centurys top star and named king of hollywood of 1939, myrna was a top star of mgm, and george brent a big star at warner bros. Siskoid not too long ago, i caught the middle of the rains fell on tv and was blown away by the earthquakeflood sequence.
Tom ransome george brent is slowly dissipating in the preindependence indian kingdom of ranchipur when his decline is interrupted by the arrival of a former lover, edwina myrna loy. The rains came 1939 flickers in timeflickers in time. Charles and i ran a movie id recorded from tcm during their 31 days of oscar commemoration. The 1939 version is a moody, artistic looking film.
The rains came is a 1939 20th century fox film based on an american novel by louis. The rains came is a film directed by clarence brown with myrna loy, tyrone power, george brent, brenda joyce, year. The rains came was remade in 1955 as the rains of ranchipur, starring lana turner, richard burton, fred macmurray, joan caulfield and michael rennie. This excellent film from 1939 won an academy award for special effects. The rains came won, beating out both gone with the wind and the wizard of oz, and deservedly so. Wellwritten and excellently directed by silent ace clarence brown, its another case of foxs reigning heartthrob tyrone power doing what he does best, hypnotizing female ticket buyers.
The music score was by hugo friedhofer and the cinematography by milton krasner. Zanuck soap opera set in a backlot india where indians are confined almost completely to minor roles. I came across a 1939 film called the rains came, starring myrna loy as. And since the story starts in 1938, the events would seem to lead to that huge turnover, told hollywood style. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services. The rains came 1939 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. High resolution movie poster image for the rains came 1939. The rains came won the 1939 academy award for best special effects, a remarkable achievement considering it went up against the wizard of oz and gone with the wind.
But no, the winner was the rains came, a stirring drama from 20th century fox that mixes disaster, romance and colonialism in a most entertaining and exotic blend. It was directed by clarence brown and stars tyrone power, myrna loy, george brent, brenda joyce, nigel bruce, and maria ouspenskaya and h. The rains came was released in 1939, considered by some to be the movies bestever year. Rent the rains came 1939 starring myrna loy and tyrone power on dvd and bluray. The year 1939 in film is widely considered the most outstanding one ever, when it comes to the high quality and high attendance at the large set of the best films that premiered in the year considered as a percentage of the population in the united states, canada, and the united kingdom at that time.
The rains came is a 1939 20th century fox film based on a novel by louis bromfield published in june 1937. In 1939, this movie featured a starstudded cast and spectacular winning special effects worthy of an oscar from the academy of motion picture arts and sciences. He begins an affair with a married british noblewoman myrna loy until a massive flood, earthquake and plague disrupt everyones lives. The film was directed by clarence brown and stars myrna loy, tyrone power, george brent, brenda joyce, nigel bruce, and maria ouspenskaya. This is a 20th century fox studio classic that is a privilege to have in my dvd collection and worthy of a gold five star rating for family viewing. The rains came is a 1939 20th century fox film based on an american novel by louis bromfield the film was directed by clarence brown and stars myrna loy. Smith goes to washington, or stagecoach, this is a stellar example of oldschool hollywood. The film version, presented at the roxy yesterday, is the merest skeleton of the bromfield.
The rains came 1939 at first i thought this was a postwar movie, which would make it a postindependence movie for india from the british. In the rains came 1939, as the heroine realizes with horror that she has drunk from a glass that may be contaminated with typhus, the camera rushes forward to a closeup on the fatal glass, shining in the darkness. It was directed by jean negulesco and produced by frank ross from a screenplay by merle miller, based on the novel the rains came by louis bromfield. The best movies of 1939 picked by critics and filmmakers and sorted by rank. Lady edwina and her drunken artist exlover tom ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and plague. Drenched with atmosphere, the rains came further benefits from such venerable character actors as maria ouspenskaya the wolf man as the maharani, jane darwell the grapes of wrath as toms missionary aunt, and henry travers clarence in its a wonderful life as his uncle. Indian aristocrat rama safti returns from medical training in the u. And rains and rains and rains until their whole neighborhood is flooded and mansions collapse killing hundreds. Living in india with her crude husband, a british aristocrat is reunited with an old flame at a party, though she truly has her sights set on a handsome doctor. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. The rains came 1939 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Indian aristocrat rama safti returns from medical training. The rains came 1939, with tyrone power as a raja whose love for an unhappily married englishwoman loy is doomed, was notable for its oscar winning. Tom ransome george brent is an american artist living the lazy expatriate life in the fictional city of ranchipur.
The rains came directed by clarence brown written by philip dunne and julian josephson from a novel by louis bromfield 1939usa twentieth century fox film corporation first viewingnetflix rental d. But i did manage to catch it at a revival house in those days, called theatre 80 st. Besides assembling the quality of the text with the capacity to reach a vast audience of readers, the text is a magnificent portrait of the clash between the eastern and western cultures in india between wars. The rains came 1939 uncredited music and lyrics by mack gordon written for the movie and possibly played instrumentally see more. One weekend it was raining, i watched 1939s the rains came and then the remake, 1955s the rains of ranchipur. In this scenario we have an elegant maharaja, man singh bahadur, and his astute and wise wife, the maharani of ranchipur. The rains came reissue trailer turner classic movies.
The rains came 1939 is an adventure, drama movie starring myrna loy and tyrone power. Gone with the wind 16 movie clip scarlett meets rhett 1939 hd duration. I was blown away by rains, amazed at the special effects and the performances. The rains came was nominated for six academy awards, and ended up winning the firstever academy award for best special effects, on the strength of the films powerful flood and earthquake scenes. It was on fox classic movies, which is a clone of amc. In 1939 the motion picture academy added the category of best special effects to the oscars. The rains of ranchipur is a 1955 american drama and disaster film made by 20th century fox. While it is not in the same class as gone with the wind, the wizard of oz, mr. The rains came 1939, with tyrone power as a raja whose love for an unhappily married englishwoman loy is doomed, was notable for its oscarwinning.
Not kiplings india but more realistic and even more romantic. The image measures 1985 3000 pixels and is 427 kilobytes large. The rains came, the 20th centuryfox film from 1939 that won. The first film translation of the rains came louis bromfields 1937 bestselling romance disaster novel where the arrival of an old flame and her cuckolded husband stirs up trouble in the fictitious indian province of ranchipur remains the best version, primarily due to the perfect assembly of talent which fox gathered from its own. Louis bromfields novel of india, the rains came, appears to have defied translation to the screen. In 1939, 20th century fox released this film version. Myrna loy is photographed with luminous closeups and lighting accentuating cheekbones and lips. Find movie and film cast and crew information for the rains came 1939 clarence brown on allmovie. It presents dull characters without depth engaged in predictable paths.
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