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Edna Ferber's Show Boat
Show boat (Motion picture : 1936)
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- Summary
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This is the story of the growth and maturity of Magnolia, a showboat star, who falls for Gaylord Ravenal, a riverboat gambler.
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- Creator
- Carl Laemmle presents ; a James Whale production ; produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. ; stage play, screen play and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; music by Jerome Kern ; directed by James Whale
- Other Title
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- Show boat
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Whale, James, 1889-1957, film producer, film director
- Laemmle, Carl, Jr., 1908-1979, film producer
- Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, screenwriter, lyricist
- Dunne, Irene, 1898-1990, actor
- Jones, Allan, 1907-1992, actor
- Winninger, Charles, 1884-1969, actor
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976, actor
- Morgan, Helen, 1900-1941, actor
- Westley, Helen, 1875 or 1879-1942, actor
- Smith, Queenie, 1902-1978, actor
- White, Sammy, 1894-1960, actor
- Cook, Donald, 1901-1961, actor
- McDaniel, Hattie, 1895-1952, actor
- Mahoney, Francis X., 1884-1948, actor
- Knowlden, Marilyn, 1926- actor
- O'Dea, Sunnie, 1918- actor
- Hohl, Arthur, 1889-1964, actor
- Middleton, Charles B., 1879-1949, actor
- MacDonald, J. Farrell, 1875-1952, actor
- Muse, Clarence, actor
- Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945, composer
- Mescall, John, 1899-1962, director of photography
- Fulton, John P., 1902-1966, director of photography
- Hall, Charles D., 1888-1970, art director
- Baravalle, Victor, musical director
- Zinkeisen, Doris, costume designer
- West, Vera, costume designer
- Prinz, Le Roy, 1895-1983, choreographer (expression)
- Kent, Ted, editor of moving image work
- Burton, Bernard, editor of moving image work
- Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. Show boat
- Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Show boat
- Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960. Show boat
- Universal Productions, Inc.
- Turner Entertainment Co.
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Publication
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- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2014]
- Package design, ©2014
- ©1936
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- digital optical mono Dolby
- NTSC
- video file all regions
- DVD video
- OCLC
- ocn874846159
- Credits
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- Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, Helen Westley, Queenie Smith, Sammy White, Donald Cook, Hattie McDaniel, Francis X. Mahoney, Marilyn Knowlden, Sunnie O'Dea, Arthur Hohl, Charles Middleton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Clarence Muse
- Cinematographer, John J. Mescall ; special cinematographer, John P. Fulton ; art director, Charles D. Hall ; musical director, Victor Baravalle ; costumes designed by Doris Zinkeisen ; costumes executed by Vera West ; dance numbers staged by Leroy Prinz ; film editors, Ted Kent, Bernard Burton
- This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players.
- Based on the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II stage musical, from Edna Ferber's novel.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.
- DVD-R; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono; 4:3 presentation, full frame; Original aspect ratio, 1.37:1.
Subjects
- Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 -- Film adaptations.
- Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 -- Film adaptations.
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
- Gamblers -- Drama.
- Women entertainers -- Drama.
- Actresses -- Drama.
- Showboats -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
- Gambling on river boats -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
- Interracial marriage -- Drama.
- Black people -- Race identity -- Drama.
- Paddle steamers -- Drama.