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SHOW BOAT
Title
SHOW BOAT
SKU
4770772
Catalogue No.
ENLA-SHOW
UPC
9317486000273
Label
Genres
Release Date
Aug 3, 2016
Starring
Format
DVD
Packaging
DVD Amaray Case
No. of Discs
1
Region Coding
0
TV Standard
NTSC
Aspect Ratio
TBC
Running Time
103
Weight
0.33
Price
$9 inc. GST
Ships From
Melbourne, AU
Come one, come all to the Show Boat show! 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 Arther 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 hearing Ol' Man River. She was right as rain.