Even before the Mother’s Day downpour, what started me thinking about rain in literature was watching the 1939 movie The Rains Came, based on Louis Bromfield’s novel. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards and was the first to win for Best Special Effects, beating out The Wizard of Oz in that Oscar category. The book is worth reading and the movie, which I saw on the big screen at the beautifully restored historic (1915) Lincoln Theatre in Massillon, Ohio, is worth watching.