Rainbow Riley Explained

Rainbow Riley
Director:	Charles Hines
Producer:	C.C. Burr
Studio:	C.C. Burr Productions
Distributor:	First National Pictures
Runtime:	70 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Rainbow Riley is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines and starring Johnny Hines, Brenda Bond, and Bradley Barker.^{[1] [2]}

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] 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.

Preservation

A fragment of Rainbow Riley is held in the UCLA Film and Television Archive.^[4]

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

Notes and References

1. Munden p. 631
2. https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/R/RainbowRiley1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: Rainbow Riley
3. New Pictures: Rainbow Riley . Exhibitors Herald . 24 . 9 . 66 . Exhibitors Herald Co. . 13 February 1926 . Chicago . 17 March 2023.
4. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3099/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Rainbow Riley