Red Hot Rhythm

{{short description|1929 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Red Hot Rhythm | image =File:Red Hot Rhythm lobby card 3.jpg | caption = Lobby card | director = Leo McCarey | producer = William Conselman<br>Joseph P. Kennedy | screenplay = | starring = Alan Hale Sr.<br>Kathryn Crawford<br>Walter O'Keefe<br>Josephine Dunn | music = Josiah Zuro (uncredited) | cinematography = John J. Mescall | distributor = Pathé Exchange | released = {{Film date|1929|11|23}} | runtime = 75 minutes | country = United States | language = English }}

'''''Red Hot Rhythm''''' (1929) is an American pre-Code early sound musical film directed by Leo McCarey, and starring Alan Hale Sr., Kathryn Crawford, Walter O'Keefe, and Josephine Dunn.

As originally released by Pathé Exchange, the film featured sequences in Multicolor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/11597-RED-HOTRHYTHM?sid=7d7f0ce7-2671-4010-a7e9-206dea4630bd&sr=0.117951624&cp=1&pos=1 |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> However the whole film was considered a lost film, except one number in color, the title song that survives.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycerG5EfLtU |title="Red Hot Rhythm" (1929) Rare Multicolor Sequence |language=en |access-date=2024-05-13 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

==Cast== * Alan Hale Sr. as Walter * Kathryn Crawford as Mary * Walter O'Keefe as Sam * Josephine Dunn as Claire * Anita Garvin as Mable * Ilka Chase as Mrs. Fioretta * Ernest Hilliard as Eddie Graham * Harry Bowen as Whiffle * James Clemens as Singe (credited as Jimmy Clemons)

==Music== The film featured six songs ("Red Hot Rhythm," "Out Of The Past," "At Last I'm In Love," "My Idea Of Heaven," "When You're A Part Of Me" and "The Night That Elmer Died") which were all composed by Walter O'Keefe and Robert Emmett Dolan.

==See also== * List of early color feature films

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== ''The American Film Institute Desk Reference: The Complete Guide to Everything You Need to Know about the Movies''

==External links== {{Commons category|Red Hot Rhythm}} * {{IMDb title|tt0020315}}

Category:1920s color films Category:1929 lost films Category:1929 films Category:1929 musical films Category:Early color films Category:Films directed by Leo McCarey Category:Lost American musical films Category:1929 American films Category:Pathé Exchange films Category:1929 English-language films