The Rains Came is the title of novel by Louis Bromfield, published in 1937, as well as the 1939 20th Century Fox film version which followed it. Louis Bromfield, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Louis Bromfield (December 27, 1896 – March 18, 1956) is one of Mansfield, Ohios most famous natives, a man who became internationally renowned both as a prize-winning author and as an innovative conservationist and scientific farmer. ... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... “ISBN” redirects here. ... Louis Bromfield, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Louis Bromfield (December 27, 1896 – March 18, 1956) is one of Mansfield, Ohios most famous natives, a man who became internationally renowned both as a prize-winning author and as an innovative conservationist and scientific farmer. ... See also: 1936 in literature, other events of 1937, 1938 in literature, list of years in literature. ... // Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as the greatest year in film history (see below: 1939 in film#Films released in 1939, for a list with over 20 classics). ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... “Moving picture” redirects here. ...

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

The film was directed by Clarence Brown and starred Tyrone Power, Myrna Loy, George Brent, Brenda Joyce, Nigel Bruce and Maria Ouspenskaya. The plot follows the romantic entanglement of an Indian doctor, a British woman and her former (also British) flame. The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Clarence Brown (May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987) was an American film director. ... Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr. ... Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American motion picture actress. ... Brent (right) in Experiment Perilous George Brent (March 15, 1904 - May 26, 1979 was an actor in American cinema. ... Brenda Joyce (born Betty Leabo February 25, 1917 in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, USA) was a 54 film actress who appeared in many B-movies of the 1940s. ... Nigel Bruce (left) with Basil Rathbone in a promotional photo for their Sherlock Holmes film series William Nigel Ernle Bruce (September 4, 1895 – October 8, 1953), usually credited as Nigel Bruce, was a British character actor, best known as Dr. Watson in a series of films and a radioseries starring... Maria Ouspenskaya (July 29, 1876 - December 3, 1949) was a Russian born actress who achieved success as an stage actress as a young woman in Russia, and as an elderly woman in Hollywood films. ...

The casting of this movie apparently was a lengthy process. Myrna Loy and Clarence Brown were loaned to 20th century Fox from MGM (as part of a deal wherein Tyrone Power was loaned by Fox to MGM for Marie Antoinette. George Brent was also loaned from his home studio of Warner Brothers. In the end the only member of the cast who was originally chosen for the role he or she played was Marie Ouspenskaya who was memorable as the Maharani. She later claimed that she learned all she needed to know about impersonating Indian royalty from her acquaintance with the Russian Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. 1 Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France and Archduchess of Austria (born November 1755 – executed 16 October 1793) Daughter of Maria Theresa of Austria, wife of Louis XVI and mother of Louis XVII. She was guillotined at the height of the French Revolution. ... Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia is the name and title used by three relatively prominent members of the Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov. ...

The plot deals with the redemption of the lead female character, George Brent is Tom Ransom, an artist who leads a rather dissolute if socially active life in the town of Ranchipur. His routine is shattered with the arrival of his former lover, Lady Edwina Esketh (Loy) who has since married the elderly Lord Esketh (Nigel Bruce). Lady Edwina Esketh first sets out to seduce then gradually falls in love with Major Rama Safti (Power) who represents the "new India." The film reaches his climax with an earthquake and floods followed by an epidemic. Lord Esketh dies in the floods and Lady Esketh renounces her hedonistic life in favor of helping the sick alongside Major Safti. Unfortunately, she becomes infected and dies, making it possible for Safti to become the ruler of the kingdom which he will presumably reform. In the course of the film Brent and Brenda Joyce fall in love

The film is remarkable for a number of unusual features. Both Loy and Bruce are cast against type. Loy's stylish bad girl role was more akin to the sort that made Greta Garbo famous than her own reputation as "the ideal wife" which MGM promoted for many years. The scenes that are most remarkable are the ones dealing with the earthquake and floods. It was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning in the category of "Special Effects and Sound Effects", for the earthquake and flood sequences. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Special effects (abbreviated SPFX or SFX) are used in the film, television, and entertainment industry to create effects that cannot be achieved by normal means, such as depicting travel to other star systems. ... Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of movies, video games, music, or other media. ...

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. The 1939 film uses the original novel's ending; the 1955 film does not. In film, a remake is a newer version of a previously released film or a newer version of the source (play, novel, story, etc. ... The year 1955 in film involved some significant events. ... The Rains of Ranchipur is a 1955 film drama made by 20th Century Fox. ... This article is about the 20th-century actor. ... Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an Academy award-nominated American film actress. ... Fred MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an actor who appeared in over one hundred movies and a highly successful television series during a career that lasted from the 1930s to the 1970s. ...

External links

• The Rains Came A Novel Of Modern India. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937. From Internet Archive.

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