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Budget. $1,194,943 [1] Show Boat is a 1936 American romantic musical film directed by James Whale, based on the 1927 musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, which in turn was adapted from the 1926 novel of the same name by Edna Ferber. [2] Universal Pictures had filmed the part-talkie Show Boat which was released in 1929.
Show Boat (1936) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. ... Show Boat (1936) ... Oscar Hammerstein II ... lyrics by Jerome ...
Released by Universal Studios on May 14, 1936, the first musical motion picture adaptation of Show Boat was written by librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The film featured Irene Dunne as Magnolia and Allan Jones as Gaylord Ravenal, and director James Whale insisted on casting certain members of the original Broadway cast, including Paul Robeson singing his signature song, “Ol’ Man River ...
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.
Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s immortal musical adaptation of Edna Ferber’s sprawling novel receives its most faithful and enduring cinematic treatment under the elegant direction of James Whale. A rich portrait of changing American entertainment traditions and race relations, Show Boat spans five decades and three generations as it follows the fortunes of the stagestruck Magnolia ...
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Producing/Distributing Studio: Universal Pictures: Presenter: Carl Laemmle: Producer: Carl Laemmle, Jr. Director: James Whale: Dialogue Director: Leighton Brill: Assistant Directors: Joseph A. McDonough, Harry Mieneke, Joe Torillo: Stage play, screen play and lyrics: by Oscar Hammerstein II (based on the novel by Edna Ferber (1926)) Story ...
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