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Show Boat. Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber 's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat, over 40 years from 1887 to 1927.
Show Boat is a 1951 American musical romantic drama film, based on the 1927 stage musical of the same name by Jerome Kern (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (script and lyrics), and the 1926 novel by Edna Ferber. It was made by MGM, adapted for the screen by John Lee Mahin, produced by Arthur Freed and directed by George Sidney .
A romantic drama set on a riverboat in the American South, featuring songs by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. See the cast, crew, reviews, trivia, and more about this classic film nominated for two Oscars.
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- Drama, Family, Musical
- George Sidney
- 1951-09-24
It's an Oscar-nominated musical look at the lives and loves of a show boat theater troupe aboard an old-fashioned Mississippi riverboat. Featuring all-Americ...
Show Boat is a 1927 musical based on Edna Ferber's novel, featuring songs by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. It tells the story of three generations of show folk on the Mississippi, in Chicago and on Broadway.
A musical adaptation of Edna Ferber's novel by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, directed by James Whale. Follow the journey of Magnolia, a show-business hopeful, from the South to the North, and the changing American culture and race relations.
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Captain Andy Hawks (Joe E. Brown) announces that evening's show, and the main performers act out a sneak peek of the play to be performed that night. This time there is trouble, as Pete, the boat engineer, makes a pass at leading actress Julie LaVerne (Ava Gardner). When he is rejected, he threatens Julie and is beaten up by Steve Baker (Robert ...
