Chasing Rainbows (1930)

Name: Chasing Rainbows
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Released: 1930-01-10

1h 40m

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January 10, 1930
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Plot.

The road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on the on-stage scenes as well as what happens and is happening back stage of the production. The spectacular dancing ensembles and colorful costumes and pulchritude on-stage offers a contrasting background to the drabness of the backstage, where joy, sorrow, tragedies, deception, and romance are intertwined.

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Release Date
January 10, 1930

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 40m

Genres
Romance Comedy Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-10

This Movie Is About.

musical

pre-code

troupe

Wiki.

Chasing Rainbows (also known as The Road Show) is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic musical film directed by Charles Reisner, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The film reunites The Broadway Melody stars Bessie Love and Charles King, with a supporting cast of Jack Benny, Marie Dressler, and Polly Moran. This was Jack Benny's first dramatic role in a motion picture.

Filmed in July and August 1929, it was not released for months later, missing an opportunity to capitalize on the success of its song "Happy Days Are Here Again", which by then had already been a major hit.