Rent Show Boat (1951)
3.5 of 5 from 55 ratings
1h 43min
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- Synopsis:
- From novel (by Edna Ferber) to Broadway smash (by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) to three film versions (1929, 1936, 1951) to stage revivals. Like Ol' Man River, 'Show Boat' just keeps rollin' along. Produced by Arthur Freed and directed by George Sidney, this 1951 version of the saga of riverboat lives and loves has glorious stars (Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Marge and Gower Champion) in Technicolor radiance, a made-from-scratch 170-foot paddle wheeler, timeless songs and an equally timeless outcry against racial bigotry. "This was music that would outlast Kern's day and mine", Ferber said in recalling her first reaction to hearin Ol' Man River. She was right as rain.
- Actors:
- Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Robert Sterling, Agnes Moorehead, Leif Erickson, William Warfield, Boyd Ackerman, Bette Arlen, Mary Bezemes, Chet Brandenburg, Carol Brewster, Peter Camlin, Sue Casey, Chick Chandler, Linda Christian, Sheila Clark
- Directors:
- George Sidney
- Producers:
- Arthur Freed
- Writers:
- John Lee Mahin, Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Edna Ferber
- Others:
- Adolph Deutsch, Charles Rosher, Conrad Salinger
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Music & Musicals, Romance
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