Rainbow Riley
{{short description|1926 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Rainbow Riley
| image = Rainbow Riley ad in The Film Daily, Jan-Jun 1926 (page 370 crop).jpg
| caption = Advertisement
| director = Charles Hines
| producer = C.C. Burr
| writer = John W. Krafft
| based_on = {{basedon|The Cub|Thompson Buchanan}}
| starring = {{ubl|Johnny Hines|Brenda Bond|Bradley Barker}}
| music =
| editing = {{ubl|George Amy|John W. Krafft}}
| cinematography = {{ubl|Charles E. Gilson|William Wallace|Albert Wetzel}}
| studio = C.C. Burr Productions
| distributor = First National Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1926|02|07}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Rainbow Riley is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines and starring Johnny Hines, Brenda Bond, and Bradley Barker.Munden p. 631[https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/R/RainbowRiley1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: Rainbow Riley] at silentera.con
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last= |first= |title=New Pictures: Rainbow Riley |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=24 |issue=9 |pages=66 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Co. |date=13 February 1926 |location=Chicago |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald24unse/page/n1205/mode/1up |accessdate=17 March 2023}} {{Source-attribution}} Steve Riley, a cub reporter, is sent out to cover a feud between two large families. He becomes the enemy of both, because he wishes to marry Alice, a young woman from one family, and does not wish to marry a young woman of the other, even though she loves him. After a series of dangerous adventures, he is rescued. He returns to the office of his paper with a big story and a new wife.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Johnny Hines as Steve Riley
- Brenda Bond as Alice Ripper
- Bradley Barker as Tilden McFields
- Dan Mason as Dr. Lem Perkins
- John F. Hamilton as Halfwit
- Harlan Knight as Zeb White
- Herbert Standing as Newspaper Editor (*more than likely Herbert Standing Jr.)
- Ben F. Wilson as Capt. Jones
- Lillian Ardell as Becky
}}
Preservation
References
{{Reflist}}
Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
{{commons category|Rainbow Riley}}
- {{IMDb title|0017306}}
Category:Silent American comedy films
Category:Films directed by Charles Hines
Category:American silent feature films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:First National Pictures films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Silent films in color
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