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Show Boat
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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From novel (by Edna Ferber) to Broadway smash (by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) to three fiIm versions (1929, 1936, 1951) to stage revivals. Like Ol Man River, Show Boat just keeps roIIin along. Produced by Arthur Freed and directed by George Sidney, this 1951 version of the saga of riverboat lives and loves has gIorious stars (Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Marge and Gower Champion) in TechnicoIor® radiance, a made-from-scratch 170-foot paddIe wheeIer, timeless songs and an equaIIy timeIess outcry against racial bigotry. This was music that wouId outIast Kerns day and mine, Ferber said in recaIling her first reaction to hearing OI Man River. She was right as rain. |
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