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Show Boat

1936
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Theatrical troupes, Singers, Reunions, Mississippi River, Friendship, United States--South, Miscegenation, Chicago (IL), Poverty, Ostracism

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Cast: Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger
Director: James Whale
Writer: Billie Burke
Cinematographer: John J. Mescall
Editor: Ted Kent , Bernard Burton , Maurice Pivar
Production Designers: Charles D. Hall
Production Company: Universal Productions, Inc.

The source material for SHOW BOAT (1936), Edna Ferber’s novel of the same name, was serialized in Women’s Home Companion in 1926 and adapted into a Broadway musical the following year, followed by other stage productions and three feature films. Many stars reprised their stage roles in this version, including Irene Dunn, Allan Jones, Hattie McDaniel and Paul Robeson—who sang his signature song “Ol’ Man River.”  SHOW BOAT was the last feature presented by Universal president and founder Carl Laemmle… Learn more at the AFI Catalog

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