Written by It also reached number 3 in South Africa. This is Glen Campbell's film debut, in an uncredited role. Slim and Georgette have clearly fallen in love, even as Georgette does her best to love and gently comfort her self-tortured and cold husband Henry, unsuccessfully. Add the first question. 10. 4.6 out of 5 stars 44 ratings. For the Glenn Yarbrough song, see. Watch the video for Baby The Rain Must Fall from Glenn Yarbrough's Baby The Rain Must … In 1926, a U.S. (1965). See all 3 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. Many of the scenes were filmed in Columbus, the movie's actual locale. "[8], The staff at Variety wrote the film's chief assets were "outstanding performances by its stars and an emotional punch that lingers...Other cast members are adequate, but roles suffer from editorial cuts (confirmed by director) that leave sub-plots dangling. A navy lieutenant and his civilian friend use a classified computer to help them break the bank at a Venetian casino. In Texas, a woman and her young daughter head down to another town where the girl's irresponsible, hotheaded and immature father has just been released from prison on parole. I do not love for silver, I do not love for gold, My heart is mine to give away, It never will be sold. ", Bosley Crowther, film critic for The New York Times, wrote "As honest and humble as is the effort to make the viewer sense a woman's baffled love for a shifty and mixed-up fellow in Baby, the Rain Must Fall, there is a major and totally neglected weakness in this film from a Horton Foote play that troubles one's mind throughout the picture and leaves one sadly let-down at the end. BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL easily could have been an Elvis Presley movie, or a Tennessee Williams play, or even an Alfred Hitchcock film. She threatens repeatedly to have him returned to prison if he fails to acquiesce to her demands to give up singing, go to school, and get a real job. ADDITION: Twilight Time Blu-ray (May 2019): Twilight Time have transferred 1960's Baby the Rain Must Fall to Blu-ray. Something that you'd find either on the indie circuit or maybe on cable today certainly not in major markets as this was and hardly with stars of this magnitude. Glenn Yarbrough, one of the founding members of the folk group The Limeliters, died in his Nashville home on Thursday evening, according to The Tennessean. Baby the Rain Must Fall Steve McQueen (Actor), Lee Remick (Actor), Robert Mulligan (Director) In the final scene, after an indeterminate time has passed and they have loaded their vehicle and driven away from the rented house, Georgette sees Henry (as does Slim) in the barred back of a sheriff's vehicle at a road crossing stop and turns Margaret Rose away before she sees him, bound on his way back to "the pen". Description. Rent CAD $4.99. Henry has the unrealistic belief that he will become the next Elvis Presley. The team that brought you To Kill A Mockingbird has also given us Baby The Rain Must Fall another southern based drama though the protagonist is hardly as admirable as Atticus Finch. "Baby the Rain Must Fall" is a song written by Elmer Bernstein and Ernie Sheldon and performed by Glenn Yarbrough after he left the Limeliters for a solo career. Sheet music arranged for Piano/Vocal/Guitar in F Major (transposable). [5] Some of the downtown scenes show another notable Columbus building in the background, the 1886 Stafford Opera House[6] (which is next to the Stafford-Miller House, both south of the Courthouse), especially the morning scenes in front of the real estate office. A gang's plans for a St. Louis bank robbery are complicated when the sister of one of the thieves starts voicing her well-founded suspicions. 2:09 PREVIEW Blues For A Four String Guitar from The Caretakers. It also reached number 3 in South Africa. Baby the Rain Must Fall is a 1965 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Lee Remick, Steve McQueen and Don Murray. The last part of the "goodbye" scene, where Henry leaves deputy Slim, the sheriff, Georgette and Margaret Rose behind and takes off running, trips, then grabs onto the back of a flatbed truck, falls to the road, and is captured by Slim, was actually filmed in Wharton; at the (southern) beginning of Texas Farm to Market Road 102, (FM-102). An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game. Anticipated rentals accruing distributors in North America. Huggo. I do not love for silver, Ido not love for gold, My heart is mine to give away, It never will be sold. Was this review helpful to you? Use the HTML below. 2:39 PREVIEW Highway #1 (Wagon Wheel Watusi) 8. It can look a shade faint and even bleached at times but the close-ups show impressive detail and grain support. But, baby the rain must fall, Baby, the wind must blow, Wherever my heart leads me Baby, I must go, baby I must go. In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures. So, baby the rain must fall, Baby, the wind must blow, Wherever my heart leads me Baby I must go, baby I must go. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. People in Columbus are doing whatever they can to help Henry, people such as Slim, the Deputy Sheriff who has known Henry since they were kids, and the Tillmans, who have given him a place to live as well as a job to do chores around their house. 2:39 PREVIEW Black Straight Jacket from The Caretakers. [citation needed]. Directed by Robert Mulligan. As they drive out of town and enter the open highway, Georgette answers Margaret Rose's question of where they're going; that they are driving away, to the warm Rio Grande Valley,[3] to begin a new life together. Check out the full list of winners. An aspiring country and western singer, with a mean streak, has just been released from a Texas prison where he has been jailed due to a stabbing incident. Baby The Rain Must Fall Yarbrough, Glenn (Artist) Format: Audio CD. Submit lyrics correction → 55k Like. SKU: MN0149493 Baby the Rain Must Fall is a 1965 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Lee Remick, Steve McQueen and Don Murray. But, baby the rain must fall, Baby, the wind must blow, Wherever my heart leads me Baby, I must go, baby I must go. He was 86. The Current Cinema July 12, 1982 Issue Baby, the Rain Must Fall The visionary sci-fi movie “Blade Runner” has its own look, and a place in film history. Steve McQueen and Lee Remick star in this film as a married couple trying to make a new start in life after McQueen is released on parole from prison. See "Top Grossers of 1965", "RIO GRANDE VALLEY | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)", "Billy Strange, '60s Session Guitarist, Dies at 81", The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs, Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baby_the_Rain_Must_Fall&oldid=1017912041, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 15 April 2021, at 08:36. A small personal drama that explores the lives of regular people just struggling to make a place for themselves in the world. 11. Georgette Thomas (Lee Remick) and her six-year-old daughter Margaret Rose (Kimberly Block) travel from the East Texas town of Tyler to (unknown to him) meet her husband Henry Thomas (Steve McQueen) in his small coastal prairie southeastern Texas hometown of Columbus, Texas. Slim has tried to help straighten Henry out, since before the arrival of Georgette and Margaret Rose to Columbus at the beginning of the movie, and failed. A salesclerk at Macy's department store finds herself pregnant after a one-night stand with a musician, who does not even remember her. But, baby the rain must fall Baby, the wind must blow Wherever my heart leads me Baby, I must go Baby, I must go. Baby The Rain Must Fall. A significant evening scene, in which late-working Deputy Slim and Judge Ewing walk away from the Courthouse towards the street, shows a notable Columbus building (now museum) across Spring Street, the historic 1886 Stafford-Miller House. In 1943, while stationed in Britain, arrogant Captain Buzz Rickson is in command of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, but his recklessness is endangering everyone around him. The film was shot on location in the Texas cities of Columbus, Bay City, Wharton, and Lockhart, and a scene where Lee Remick works at a hamburger joint was filmed at the 31 Flavors ice cream store in Tarzana, California. Henry is a somewhat irresponsible rockabilly singer/guitarist, he has recently been released from prison after serving time for stabbing a man during a drunken brawl, and wasn't thinking of Georgette at all. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Henry has the unrealistic belief that he will become the next, yelling a couple feet away from Miss Kates bedroom door, The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'. Horton Foote's screenplay, based on his play, shows his customary understanding of how people react and interact with each other while Ernest Laszlo stark black and white cinematography evokes the dusty small town Texas setting in a way color never could. A half-American Indian and half-white teenager evolves into a hardened killer as he tracks down his parents' murderers. Nothing blows up, it's all about emotions here. Dramatist Horton Foote, who wrote the screenplay, based it on his 1954 play The Traveling Lady. Against the typical rodeo championship, family drama erupts. Dramatist Horton Foote, who wrote the screenplay, based it on his 1954 play The Traveling Lady. The band drummer, also uncredited, is fellow session musician Hal Blaine, both members of the famed Los Angeles-based "Wrecking Crew. Overview System Requirements Related. Margaret Rose has never met her father. 12 of 13 people found this review helpful. Columbus is Henry's hometown. Columbus is Henry's hometown. With BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL, director Robert Mulligan does the best he can with the material, yet the Mulligan, Foote and Producer Alan Pakula team fail to live up to their previous success with 1962's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1965 Vinyl release of "Baby The Rain Must Fall" on Discogs. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. Margaret Rose has never met her father. Check out some of our favorite superhero stars from movies and television, before they suited up. #-----PLEASE NOTE-----# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. But, baby the rain must fall Baby, the wind must blow Wherever my heart leads me Baby, I must go, baby I must go. Amazon Price New from Used from Audio CD, Remixes included, Import, Sept. 24 1997 "Please retry" CDN$ 21.70 . Henry is not yet ready for this reunion as he is an irresponsible soul, who has problems looking after himself, let alone a wife and infant daughter. During WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma. Baby the Rain Must Fall However, Henry is reluctant to give up songwriting and performing with his rockabilly band, the honky-tonks where he plays the environments which exacerbated his previous life problems. People in Columbus are doing whatever they can to help Henry, people such as Slim, the Deputy Sheriff who has known Henry since they were kids, and the Tillmans, who have given him a place to live as well as a job to do chores around their house. Met by his wife and six-year-old daughter, he attempts to go straight. When Kate Dawson finally dies, the evening after the funeral Henry drunkenly destroys her possessions (several shots show the belt she beat him with, untouched, hanging on a door near her bedroom), leaves with the silver willed to Catherine, then wrecks his car on the cemetery gate and desecrates her grave site. In Texas, a woman and her young daughter head down to another town where the girl's irresponsible, hotheaded and immature father has just been released from prison on parole. Title: View production, box office, & company info, With her infant daughter Margaret Rose in tow, Georgette Thomas pulls up stakes from Tyler, Texas to head to Columbus, Texas to be reunited with her husband, Henry Thomas, who has just been released from prison on parole. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. 1:58 PREVIEW Baby the Rain Must Fall (Reprise) 9. Yarborough's recording reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Easy Listening[7] chart. Add Comment. It is the failure of the screenwriter--Mr. Foote himself--to clarify why the object of the woman's deep affection is as badly mixed-up as he is and why the woman, who seems a sensible person, doesn't make a single move to straighten him out...Granting that the wife is astonished and distressingly mystified at the neurotic behavior of her husband, this doesn't mean that the viewer is satisfied to be kept in the dark as to the reasons for the stark and macabre goings-on...As it is, we only see that these two people are frustrated and heart-broken by something that's bigger than the both of them. See the fabulous presenters and gracious winners at this year's Oscars. But we don't know what it is. Henry is destined for prison again, and Georgette and Margaret Rose will leave Columbus with Henry's childhood friend, the local sheriff's deputy, Slim (Don Murray). "[9], This article is about the 1965 feature film. The 1080P image supports the precise and inventive cinematography of the great Ernest Laszlo. The isolated country rental house scenes where Henry, Georgette and Margaret Rose live together were filmed near Bay City, just inland of the Gulf coast, and south of Wharton and Columbus. Baby the Rain Must Fall - Lyrics - Glenn Yarbrough - YouTube HoloLens PC Mobile device Xbox 360 Trailer. "Baby the Rain Must Fall" is a song written by Elmer Bernstein and Ernie Sheldon and performed by Glenn Yarbrough after he left the Limeliters for a solo career. Print and download Theme from "Baby the Rain Must Fall" sheet music from Baby the Rain Must Fall. Henry is not yet ready for this reunion as he is an irresponsible soul, who has problems looking after himself, let alone a wife and infant daughter. In early 1965, the song reached #2 on the adult contemporary chart and #12 on the Billboard chart. Looking for more? Baby the Rain Must Fall (Vocal Version) 7. With her infant daughter Margaret Rose in tow, Georgette Thomas pulls up stakes from Tyler, Texas to head to Columbus, Texas to be reunited with her husband, Henry Thomas, who has just been released from prison on parole. Baby the Rain Must Fall is a 1965 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Lee Remick, Steve McQueen and Don Murray. The title song, with music composed by Elmer Bernstein and lyrics written by Ernie Sheldon, was performed by Glenn Yarbrough during the opening credits. He resists this, and even convinces Georgette he will be a "star" someday, as he continues playing and working a part-time job with the Tillmans. The bond of friendship between a worldly-wise Army Master Sergeant and his naive worshiper. However, Henry is reluctant to give up songwriting and performing with his rockabilly band, the honky-tonks where he plays the environments which exacerbated his previous life problems. Ace Bonner returns to Arizona several years after he abandoned his family, Junior Bonner is a wild young man. As a side note, in one scene where McQueen sings at a bar with his rockabilly band, one of his bandmates (to Henry's right) is singer-songwriter Glen Campbell, who is uncredited in the film. Available on. The scenes of the Colorado County Courthouse, the downtown store and bus shots (to the west of the Courthouse, on Milam St.), the Tillman's house scenes (a block away from the Courthouse), and those of the Columbus Cemetery. An instrumental version of the title song is used on some versions of film. In early 1965, the song reached #2 on the adult contemporary chart and #12 on the Billboard chart. Baby the Rain Must Fall (I've always had a problem, with the lack of a coma) is one of those productions, for which a simple gaze at the credits, might just tell you everything you need to know. This FAQ is empty. So, baby the rain must fall, Baby, the wind must blow, Wherever my heart leads me Baby I must go, baby i must … Naval engineer gets assigned to a gunboat on a rescue mission in war-torn China. Beautiful performances from Steve McQueen and especially Lee Remick highlight this rather sad rambling film of the type Hollywood doesn't make anymore. Georgette tells Margaret Rose that they have traveled a long way, from Lovelady to Tyler, from Tyler to Columbus, and now to the distant Valley (Lovelady is Georgette's hometown, and where she and Henry met and married). I am not rich or famous: But who can ever tell? Dramatist Horton Foote, who wrote the screenplay, based it on his 1954 play The Traveling Lady. Henry tries to make a home for his family (he seemed to be unaware of his daughter), but Kate Dawson (Georgia Simmons), the aging spinster who raised him after his parents died, remains a formidable presence in his life and tries to sabotage his efforts. 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