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The Rains Came (1939)

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Release Date: Sep 9, 1939 Wide

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Myrna Loy stars in Clarence Brown's sumptuous and exotic romance, based upon the novel by Louis Bromfield. Loy plays Lady Edwina Esketh, the unhappily married wife of Lord Albert Esketh (Nigel Bruce), a dumpy middle-aged English businessman. Edwina escapes her loneliness by engaging in ephemeral love affairs. When Lord Albert travels to the Indian province of Ranchipur, Edwina encounters one of her past lovers, Tom Ransome (George Brent). Tom wants to renew his acquaintance with Edwina, but she

Unrated, 1 hr. 44 min.

Drama, Romance, Classics

Directed By: Clarence Brown

In Theaters: Sep 9, 1939 Wide

On DVD: Nov 1, 2005

Cast

Myrna Loy
Lady Edwina Esketh
Tyrone Power
Maj. Rama Safti
George Brent
Tom Ransome
Brenda Joyce
Fern Simon
Nigel Bruce
Albert Lord Esketh
Maria Ouspenskaya
Maharani
Joseph Schildkraut
Mr. Bannerjee
Mary Nash
Miss MacDaid
Jane Darwell
Aunt Phoebe Smiley
Marjorie Rambeau
Mrs. Simon
Henry Travers
Rev. Homer Smiley
H.B. Warner
Maharajah
Laura Hope Crewes
Lily Hoggett-Egbury
William Royle
Raschid Ali Khan
Harry Hayden
Rev. Elmer Simon
Herbert Evans
Bates
Abner Biberman
John the Baptist
Mara Alexander
Mrs. Bannerjee
William Edmunds
Mr. Das
Guy D'Ennery
Mr. Durga
Fern Emmett
Hindu Woman
Sam Harris
Officer
Jamiel Hasson
Aide-de-Camp
Leyland Hodgson
Doctor
Frank Lackteen
Engineer
Connie Leon
Lal Chand Mehra
Chant Singer
Rita Page
Maid
George Regas
Rajput
Pedro Regas
Official
C. Montague Shaw
Gen. Keith
Eddie Abdo
Soldier
Rosina Galli
Nurse

Critic Reviews for The Rains Came

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Tyrone Power is miscast, but by standards of the time, this was a prestige, lavish production, winning an Oscar for Special Effects (spectacular flood).

July 11, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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I could listen to the legendary Maria Ouspenskaya talk while dangling a cigarette on a long holder without ever tiring of her magical charm.

February 28, 2009 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Spectacular, entertaining Hollywood craftsmanship.

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Succeeds on the adjusted level of Hollywood spectacle for the time of its making, but comes off as quaint and dramatically preprogrammed by today's standards of entertainment.

January 12, 2006 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine

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Brent Simon

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High gloss drama with, for the time, first class special effects. Myrna somewhat surprisingly plays a selfish slut, a high class slut but a slut nonetheless, at least in the beginning redeemed by love and hardship. Tyrone Power although not at all believable as an Indian is capable and sincere. Even the customarily

April 13, 2010

jay nixon

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Typically classic hollywood, not bad though.

September 21, 2007

Patrick Dolan

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