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Show Boat. Jump to Edit. Summaries. The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairy tale romance is threatened after his luck turns sour. The "Cotton Blossom," owned by the Hawks family, is the show boat everyone goes to for great musical entertainment down south.
Spanning the years from 1880 to 1927, the epic narrative concerns the lives, loves and heartbreaks of three generations of show folk and their lifelong friends on the Mississippi, in Chicago and on Broadway.
647. It's an Oscar-nominated musical look at the lives and loves of a show boat theater troupe aboard an old-fashioned Mississippi riverboat. Featuring all-American classic songs by Oscar...
A rich portrait of changing American entertainment traditions and race relations, Show Boat spans five decades and three generations as it follows the fortunes of the stagestruck Magnolia (Irene Dunne), an aspiring actor whose journey takes her from her family’s humble floating playhouse in the 1880s South to the bright footlights of the ...
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.
Show Boat (1936) - Turner Classic Movies. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River." Cast & Crew. Read More. James Whale. Director. Irene Dunne. Magnolia. Charles Winninger.
Paul Robeson. Joe. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Based on Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Broadway hit, this musical spans four decades in the lives of...
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