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Kern and his wife, Eva, often vacationed on their yacht Show Boat. He collected rare books and enjoyed betting on horses. [ 54 ] At the time of Kern's death, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was filming a fictionalized version of his life, Till the Clouds Roll By , which was released in 1946 starring Robert Walker as Kern. [ 55 ]
Till The Clouds Roll By is a 1946 American Technicolor musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and a fictionalized biopic of composer Jerome Kern, portrayed by Robert Walker. Kern was involved with the production, but died before its completion.
England became a turning point in Jerome Kern's life for another reason: it was there he met his wife Eva, whom he married in 1910. They stayed together for the rest his life. On Broadway
May 18, 2018 · Born Jerome David Kern, January 27, 1885, in New York, NY; died of a cerebral hemorrhage, November 11, 1945, in New York, NY; son of Henry Kern and Fannie Seligman Kern; married Eva Leale, 1910; children: Elizabeth (Betty) Kern Miller.
Jerome Kern (born Jan. 27, 1885, New York City—died Nov. 11, 1945, New York City) was one of the major U.S. composers of musical comedy, whose Show Boat (with libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II) inaugurated the serious musical play in U.S. theatre.
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His age was 60. At the bedside were his wife, Eva Leale Kern; his daughter, Elizabeth Kern, former wife of Artie Shaw, the bandleader, and Oscar Hammerstein 2d, producer and song writer,...
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"Show Boat"'s storyline featured interracial marriage, wife desertion, alcoholism and gambling, and the most realistic characters ever seen in a musical up to then, not to mention the song "Ol' Man River" and an opening chorus of black dockworkers singing about their work.
