Overview of the rains of ranchipur, 1955, directed by jean negulesco, with lana turner, richard burton, fred macmurray, at turner classic movies. The starstudded film stars lana turner lady edwina esketh as a spoiled wife of british royalty. Because of its exotic setting, the rains came was a perfect candidate for the cinemascope and color treatment. Other articles where the rains of ranchipur is discussed. This is a remake of the 1939 film the rains came, which is in my opinion a better film.
Lady edwina lana turner and lord albert esketh michael rennie share a passionless and unhappy marriage. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. Richard burton and lana turner in the rains of ranchipur. The rains of ranchipur began life as a novel called the rains came by louis bromfield. The rains of ranchipur richard burton, lana turner 1955. For some reason all the turner films of 1955 displayed a remarkably photogenic lady. It takes place in 1955 in the mythical indian city of ranchipur and was designed to take full advantage of the newly created cinemascope, the acting talents of a youthful richard burton recently seen as the star of the robe, and the glamour of the always alluring lana turner. The starstudded film stars lana turner lady edwina esketh as a spoiled wife. The rains of ranchipur is an english movie directed by jean negulesco released in the year 1955. Despite marital problems, english lord albert esketh and his rich american socialite wife lady edwina esketh travel to india to buy a prize horse from the ruler of ranchipur.
She also meets an old friend of hers, the alcoholic tom. The rains of ranchipur wikipedia republished wiki 2. When they travel to india to purchase horses, esketh declares his intention to divorce edwina once back in england. The rains of ranchipur 1955 jean negulesco synopsis.
Lana turner stars as lady edwina esketh, the spoiled and hedonistic wife of lord esketh michael rennie, a british royal. With myrna loy, tyrone power, george brent, brenda joyce. Released 1955, the rains of ranchipur stars lanaturner, richardburton, fredmacmurray, joancaulfield the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 44 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. The rains of ranchipurseven cities of goldthe blue angel is limited to copies only. Dec 03, 20 the rains of ranchipur is the second version of louis bromfields novel to be adapted for the big screen. The colors by deluxe are bright, the image is sharp and theres remarkably less grain than i remember, considering the number of opticals in use. A remake of the film was released in 1955 under the name the rains of ranchipur. The rains of ranchipur crossover universe wiki fandom.
Produced by 1 music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 art. The rains came was remade in 1955 as the rains of ranchipur, with richard burton, lana turner and fred macmurray in the power, loy and brent roles. Set in india, and released in 1955, it was not a hit at the time. Although it has several excellent actors its really rather boring.
Richard burton and lana turner in the rains of ranchipur 1955. Directed by 1 writing credits 2 cast 33 produced by 1 music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 art direction by 2 set decoration by 2 costume design by 1 makeup department 2 production management 1. Under the invitation of the maharani eugene leontovich, lana and her husband travel to india, where the bored housewife proceeds to fall for richard burtons dr. Richard egan, anthony quinn, michael rennie, jeffrey hunter and rita moreno lead the cast in a story of a 1769 spanish expedition to find the legendary seven cities in california containing buried indian gold. Despite his shunning her initial advances, the two begin an illicit affair. Read the the rains of ranchipur movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. Music from the motion picture the rains of ranchipur with.
The film was directed by clarence brown and stars myrna loy, tyrone power, george brent, brenda joyce, nigel bruce, and maria ouspenskaya a remake of the film was released in 1955 under the name the rains of ranchipur. With lana turner, richard burton, fred macmurray, joan caulfield. Rains of ranchipur was a remake of the 1939 the rains came both films based on the louis bromfield novel. Intending to purchase some horses, the eskeths accept an invitation to the indian city of. The rains of ranchipur is the second version of louis bromfields novel to be adapted for the big screen. Read the full synopsis of the rains of ranchipur, 1955, directed by jean negulesco, with lana turner, richard burton, fred macmurray, at turner classic movies. The rains of ranchipur is a 1955 american drama film made by 20th century fox. Not as good as the original the rains came but an entertaining movie with good special effects. The rains of ranchipur is a film directed by jean negulesco with lana turner, richard burton, fred macmurray, joan caulfield, year. This movie directed by jean negulesco whom known as an famous movie director and have directed many interesting movies with great story telling. As a youngster, if we wanted to see a movie about the only entertainment in town we were forced to go to a local theater that showed movies that were long past. This starstudded film stars lana turner lady edwina esketh as a spoiled wife of british royalty. Lana had finished the film diane and in the late summer of 1955 lana was. Movie title from the film the rains of ranchipur 1955, directed by jean negulesco, starring lana turner, richard burton, fred macmurray, joan caulfield home 19201924.
The music score was by hugo friedhofer and the cinematogra. Published in 1937, fox snapped up the rights and their film version, starring myrna loy and tyrone power, was released in 1937. Yet, like a lot of these films made by all the big studios during 1953. Twilight time is certainly to be commended for helping rescue this oscarnominated, but largely forgotten, film from complete obscurity. The rains of ranchipur nr, 1 hr 44 min drama, romance. The first version, 1939s the rains came, bore the title of his book, but it was the. The twilight time bluray of the rains of ranchipur is a faultless transfer and encoding of a film most of us remember from old network broadcasts, panscanned into oblivion. The rains of ranchipur is one of best movie released on 14 december 1955 starring lana turner, richard burton, fred macmurray, joan caulfield, michael rennie. After the rains came 1939, this epic romantic melodrama was the second version of author louis bromfields novel to get the deluxe, bigbudget treatment from twentieth century fox. The rains of ranchipur lana turner richard burton fred macmurray 1955 an english lords wife lana turner falls in love with a hindu doctor richard burton amid natural disaster in india. This movie had lana turner, richard burton, fred macmurray, michael rennie in the lead roles of the film. The film was titled the rains of ranchipur, but thats to say nothing of the floods, earthquakes, explosions and storms literally as well as metaphorically speaking that burst from the screen in the 1955 melodrama.
The disaster footage is great, but not really worth waiting for. The first version, 1939s the rains came, bore the title of his book, but it was the latter 1955 version, produced by twentieth century fox and directed by jean negulesco, that received the bigbudget treatment. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Naturally, he interpolates falling in love again, but theres also classic friedhofer scoring and its just his usual great work. In india, a married british aristocrat is reunited with an old flame, but she truly has her sights set on a handsome surgeon. A bigbudget remake of the 1939 film the rains came. May 26, 2011 the rains of ranchipur is one of them. Film music site the rains of ranchipur seven cities of.
Lana turner stars as the manhungry wife of a british lord who falls in love with a dedicated indian doctor. The remake is in cinemascope and color, but that doesnt help much. The rains of ranchipur is a 1955 american drama and disaster film made by 20th century fox. Infobox film the rains of ranchipur is a 1955 film drama made by 20th century fox. The rains of ranchipur blu ray 2012 rare twilight series. The rains of ranchipur 1955 was oscar nominated for best visual effects. Watch online the rains of ranchipur 1955 full movie. As edwina begins to realize that shes feeling real love for safti, the doctor succumbs to her charms and a torrid affair begins, as a series of earthquakes and a devastating flood strike ranchipur. Original motion picture soundtrack for the movie the rains of ranchipur seven cities of gold the blue angel composed by hugo friedhofer, released by kritzerland in 2012. The rains of ranchipur 1955 letterboxd social film. After the rains came 1939, this epic romantic melodrama was the second version of author louis. A remake of the studios earlier, somewhat better the rains came 1939, the rains of ranchipur 1955 was another in 20th centuryfoxs line of early cinemascope epics, designed to showcase the processs widescreen and stereophonic splendor but with less regard for trivialities like story, pacing, and characterization. The rains of ranchipur louis bromfields the rains came, brought to the screen once before by 20thfox in 1939, is filmed this time with lana turner as the titled trollop. Lord alan esketh, an impoverished englishman who married for money, travels to the province of ranchipur, india with his wealthy american wife, lady edwina.
Dec 06, 2012 the interesting thing about the rains of ranchipur is that, despite the original theatrical trailers for this 1955 release, it isnt a traditional disaster movie. It was a remake of 1939s the rains came, starring tyrone power and myrna loy. The rains of ranchipur 1955 stream and watch online. Ranchipur, as bromfield intended, was a microcosm for india of the 1930s, where men and a few women, of different castes and races, worked in. The music score was by hugo friedhofer and the cinematography by milton r. Synopsis theirs was the great sin that even the great rains could not wash away. The rains of ranchipur wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The rains of ranchipur seven cities of gold the blue. This film was a remake of a much earlier movie titled the rains came. It was directed by jean negulesco and produced by frank ross from a screenplay by merle miller, based on the novel the rains came by louis bromfield. The spoilt and stubborn edwina esketh, comes to a small town with her husband. The interesting thing about the rains of ranchipur is that, despite the original theatrical trailers for this 1955 release, it isnt a traditional disaster movie. The music score was by hugo friedhofer and the cinematography by milton krasner the film stars lana turner, richard burton, fred macmurray, joan caulfield.
It was directed by jean negulesco and produced by frank ross. The colors by deluxe are bright, the image is sharp and theres remarkably less grain than i. The rains of ranchipur 1955 aficatalog american film institute. Rains of ranchipur was a remake of the 1939 the rains came both films. The rains of ranchipur film by negulesco 1955 britannica.