| Uniform Title |
Show boat (Motion picture : 1951) |
| Title |
Show boat. |
| Published |
Neutral Bay, NSW : Distributed by Warner Bros Entertainment Australia, 2010. |
| ©1951. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (103 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Warner Bros. Entertainment : 52302P. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1951. |
| Includes: Theatrical trailer. |
| Based on the 1927 stage musical of the same name by Jerome Kern (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (script and lyrics) ; and on the 1926 novel by Edna Ferber. |
| Credits |
Directed by George Sidney ; screenplay by John Lee Mahin. |
| Performers |
Ava Gardner, Howard Keel. |
| Summary |
Magnolia Brown (Kathryn Grayson) has grown up onboard a sailing theater, plying the river from town to town to entertain people, and she has always dreamed of a life on stage. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : G. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1/1.0 mono, Region 4, regular 4:3, letterbox 1.33:1. |
| Language note |
English, French, Italian. Subtitles in English, Arabic, French, Italian, Italian for the hearing impaired. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Subjects |
Kern, Jerome, -- 1885-1945 -- Film adaptations |
| Hammerstein, Oscar, -- II, 1895-1960 -- Film adaptations |
| Ferber, Edna, -- 1887-1968 -- Film adaptations |
| River boats -- Drama |
| Passing (Identity) -- Drama |
| Racism -- Drama |
| Showboats -- Drama |
| Women entertainers -- Drama |
| Interracial marriage -- Drama |
| Gamblers -- Drama |
| Man-woman relationships -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Mississippi River -- Drama |
| Genre |
Musical films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Sidney, George, 1916-2002 director. |
| Mahin, John Lee, 1902-1984 screenwriter. |
| Gardner, Ava, 1922-1990 actor. |
| Keel, Howard, 1919-2004 actor. |
| Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Show boat Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
| Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960. Show boat Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
| Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. Show boat Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
| Series |
The great musicals. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. Show boat .
- Gardner, Ava, 1922-1990 .
- Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960. Show boat .
- Keel, Howard, 1919-2004 .
- Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Show boat .
- Mahin, John Lee, 1902-1984 .
- Sidney, George, 1916-2002 .
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