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Unlike the 1936 film, none of the members of the original Broadway cast of the show appeared in this version. The 1951 Show Boat was the most financially successful of the film adaptations of the show: one of MGM's most popular musicals, it was the second highest-grossing film of that year.
- $7,621,000
- Jerome Kern
- $2,389,000
- Arthur Freed
Music. Productions. The Enduring Relevance of Show Boat. By Masi Asare and Todd Decker. Stills from the 1936 Film. SHOW BOAT is a musical play about reinvention, the irrepressible spirit of showbiz people, and what we make of the endless passage of time —time that flows on like a mighty river.
Nov 15, 2014 · The 1951 Show Boat was the most financially successful of the film adaptations of the show: one of MGM’s most popular musicals, it was the third most profitable film of that year. Plot The basic plot remains the same as in the stage play and the 1936 film version.
Mar 31, 2020 · MGM made a brash, highly successful Technicolor show of it in 1951, substituting a steamboat for the showboat barge and cleansing the material of racial complexity, period authenticity, and general sophistication, ending with a misty glamour shot of Ava Gardner as Julie (her songs dubbed by Annette Warren, who is ninety-seven at this writing ...
Jan 28, 2019 · Show Boat (1951) – Musical #29. Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Director: George Sidney. Starring:
May 7, 2013 · It's been more than eight decades since Show Boat --the seminal masterpiece of the American musical theater — premiered on a stage in Washington, D.C. Now the sprawling classic is back, in a ...
Dec 17, 2015 · Alfred Hickling. Thu 17 Dec 2015 11.50 EST. J erome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein’s Show Boat floats on a deep, wide channel into which operetta, vaudeville, jazz, minstrelsy and medicine shows...