Edna Ferber's Show boat / Carl Laemmle presents ; a James Whale production ; produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. ; stage play, screen play and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; directed by James Whale.

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This is the story of the growth and maturity of Magnolia, a showboat star, who falls for Gaylord Ravenal, a riverboat gambler.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Show boat (Motion picture : 1936)
Main Author:	Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Universal Productions, Inc (Copyright holder) Turner Entertainment Co (Copyright holder) Warner Bros. Entertainment (Copyright holder) Warner Home Video (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors:	Whale, James, 1889-1957 (Film producer, Film director) Laemmle, Carl, Jr., 1908-1979 (Film producer) Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960 (Screenwriter, Lyricist) Dunne, Irene, 1898-1990 (Actor) Jones, Allan, 1907-1992 (Actor) Winninger, Charles, 1884-1969 (Actor) Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 (Actor) Morgan, Helen, 1900-1941 (Actor) Westley, Helen, 1875 or 1879-1942 (Actor) Smith, Queenie, 1902-1978 (Actor) White, Sammy, 1894-1960 (Actor) Cook, Donald, 1901-1961 (Actor) McDaniel, Hattie, 1895-1952 (Actor) Mahoney, Francis X., 1884-1948 (Actor) Knowlden, Marilyn, 1926- (Actor) O'Dea, Sunnie, 1918- (Actor) Hohl, Arthur, 1889-1964 (Actor) Middleton, Charles B., 1879-1949 (Actor) MacDonald, J. Farrell, 1875-1952 (Actor) Muse, Clarence (Actor) Mescall, John, 1899-1962 (director of photography.) Fulton, John P., 1902-1966 (director of photography.) Hall, Charles D., 1888-1970 (Art director) Baravalle, Victor (Musical director) Zinkeisen, Doris (Costume designer) West, Vera (Costume designer) Prinz, Le Roy, 1895-1983 (choreographer (expression)) Kent, Ted (Film editor) Burton, Bernard (Film editor) Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	English
Published:	Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2014]
Series:	Archive collection.
Subjects:	Ferber, Edna, > 1887-1968 > Film adaptations. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Gamblers > Drama. Actresses > Drama. Showboats > 19th century > Drama. Gambling on river boats > Mississippi River > 19th century > Drama. Ferber, Edna, > 1887-1968. Actresses. Gamblers. Gambling on river boats. Man-woman relationships. Showboats. Mississippi River. 1800 - 1899 Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Musical films. Feature films > United States. Comedy films. Drama.
Genre:	Film adaptations. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Musical films. Feature films Comedy films.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (113 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Show boat. Showboat.
Format:	Video DVD

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