The Rains Came

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The Rains Came (8-Sep-1939)

Director: Clarence Brown

Writers: Philip Dunne; Julien Josephson

From novel: The Rains Came by Louis Bromfield

Music by: Alfred Newman

Keywords: Drama, India

Myrna Loy visits Ranchipur with her husband, catches up with a former lover and pursues an Indian doctor. Also present is Tom Ransome, dating an 18-year-old daughter of missionaries, and the Maharaja and his wife. Their sexual parlor games are interrupted by the simultaneous arrival of monsoon season and a devastating earthquake. Exotic melodrama received the first Oscar for Special Effects, and nominations for 5 other Oscars including Best Cinematography. This was 1939, an enormous year for Hollywood, or it would likely have captured more.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Abner Biberman Actor 1-Apr-1909 20-Jun-1977 Knock on Wood

George Brent Actor 15-Mar-1899 26-May-1979 The Great Lie

Nigel Bruce Actor 14-Feb-1895 8-Oct-1953 Played Rathbone's Dr. Watson

Jane Darwell Actor 15-Oct-1879 13-Aug-1967 The bird woman in Mary Poppins

Brenda Joyce Actor 25-Feb-1912 4-Jul-2009 Tarzan's Jane

Myrna Loy Actor 2-Aug-1905 14-Dec-1993 The Thin Man

Mary Nash Actor 15-Aug-1884 3-Dec-1976 The Philadelphia Story

Maria Ouspenskaya Actor 29-Jul-1876 3-Dec-1949 Waterloo Bridge

Tyrone Power Actor 5-May-1913 15-Nov-1958 Witness for the Prosecution

Marjorie Rambeau Actor 15-Jul-1889 6-Jul-1970 The Primrose Path

Joseph Schildkraut Actor 22-Mar-1896 21-Jan-1964 The Life of Emile Zola

Henry Travers Actor 5-Mar-1874 18-Oct-1965 It's a Wonderful Life

H. B. Warner Actor 26-Oct-1875 21-Dec-1958 The King of Kings

CAST

Starring
Myrna Loy ... Lady Edwina Esketh
Tyrone Power ... Maj. Rama Safti
George Brent ... Tom Ransome
with
Brenda Joyce ... Fern Simon
Nigel Bruce ... Lord Albert Esketh
Maria Ouspenskaya ... Maharani
Joseph Schildkraut ... Mr. Bannerjee
Mary Nash ... Miss MacDaid
Jane Darwell ... Aunt Phoebe (Mrs. Smiley)
Marjorie Rambeau ... Mrs. Simon
Henry Travers ... Rev. Homer Smiley
H. B. Warner ... Maharajah
Laura Hope Crews ... Lily Hoggett-Egburry
William Royle ... Raschid Ali Khan
Montague Shaw ... Gen. Keith
Harry Hayden ... Rev. Elmer Simon
Herbert Evans ... Bates
Abner Biberman ... John, the Baptist
Mara Alexander ... Mrs. Bannerjee
William Edmunds ... Mr. Das

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