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Rhythm of the Islands is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Roy William Neill released in USA on 16 april 1943 with Jane Frazee
Rhythm of the Islands (1943)
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Add to a movie listRhythm of the Islands is a 1943 American film starring Jane Frazee. It is also known as Isle of Romance.
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Two ambitious guys from Brooklyn, Tommy Jones and Eddie Dolan, get the idea of buying a tropical island in the South Pacific to exploit as a tourist paradise. They go there and start rounding up customers on the beach, to bring to native shows they set up with the help of the locals.Actors
Jane Frazee
(Joan Holton)
Allan Jones
(Tommy)
Andy Devine
(Eddie Dolan)
Ernest Truex
(Mr. Holton)
Marjorie Gateson
(Mrs. Holton)
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