The Rains Came

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American drama film film

The Rains Came is a 1939 American drama film set in India that is renowned for its groundbreaking special effects and won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Special Effects.

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1937 novel The Rains Came 1
The Rains Came (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
academyAward Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Special Effects
adaptationOf The Rains Came self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1937 novel The Rains Came
artDirectionBy George Dudley ⓘ
William S. Darling NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Louis Bromfield ⓘ
basedOn The Rains Came self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Rains Came (novel)
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy Arthur C. Miller ⓘ
costumeDesignBy Royer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Clarence Brown ⓘ
disasterFilmElement yes ⓘ
disasterSequenceFeature dam burst ⓘ
earthquake ⓘ
flood ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy Barbara McLean ⓘ
followedBy The Rains of Ranchipur ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
isFirstToWin Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Special Effects
mainCharacter Lady Edwina Esketh ⓘ
Major Rama Safti ⓘ
musicBy Alfred Newman ⓘ
notableFor groundbreaking special effects ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
oscarCeremonyNumber 12th Academy Awards ⓘ
producer Darryl F. Zanuck ⓘ
productionCompany 20th Century Fox ⓘ
releaseYear 1939 ⓘ
remadeAs The Rains of Ranchipur ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 103 ⓘ
screenwriter Julien Josephson ⓘ
Philip Dunne ⓘ
setIn India ⓘ
settingFictionalCity Ranchipur ⓘ
soundRecordingBy E. H. Hansen ⓘ
starring Brenda Joyce ⓘ
George Brent ⓘ
H. B. Warner ⓘ
Joseph Schildkraut ⓘ
Maria Ouspenskaya ⓘ
Myrna Loy ⓘ
Nigel Bruce ⓘ
Tyrone Power ⓘ
studioSystemEra Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

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The Rains Came → adaptationOf → The Rains Came self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1937 novel The Rains Came
The Rains Came → basedOn → The Rains Came self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Rains Came (novel)
Arthur C. Miller → notableWork → The Rains Came ⓘ
Arthur C. Miller → workedOn → The Rains Came ⓘ