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

Edna Ferber's classic tale of life and love among a theatrical troupe on a Mississippi riverboat.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Show boat (Motion picture : 1936) Criterion collection ; 1021.
Corporate Authors:	Universal Pictures Corporation (Production company) Criterion Collection (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors:	Whale, James, 1889-1957 (Film director) Laemmle, Carl, Jr., 1908-1979 (Film producer) Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960 (Screenwriter, Lyricist) Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 (composer (expression)) Kent, Ted (Editor of moving image work) Burton, Bernard (Editor of moving image work) Hall, Charles D., 1888-1970 (Art director) Zinkeisen, Doris (Costume designer) 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) Cook, Donald, 1901-1961 (Actor) McDaniel, Hattie, 1895-1952 (Actor) White, Sammy, 1894-1960 (Actor) Mahoney, Francis X., 1884-1948 (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) Knowlden, Marilyn, 1926- (Actor) Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968
Language:	English
Published:	[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Edition:	DVD special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 1021.
Subjects:	Ferber, Edna, > 1887-1968 > Film adaptations. Showboats > History > 19th century > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Gamblers > Drama. Actresses > Drama. Gambling on river boats > Mississippi River > History > 19th century > Drama. Ferber, Edna, > 1887-1968. Actresses. Gamblers. Gambling on river boats. Man-woman relationships. Showboats. Mississippi River. 1800-1899 Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Musicals. Romance films. Comedy films. Historical films.
Genre:	Film adaptations. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Musicals. Romance films. Comedy films. Historical films.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Variant Title:	Show boat Showboat
Format:	Video DVD

Description
Summary:	Edna Ferber's classic tale of life and love among a theatrical troupe on a Mississippi riverboat.
Note:	Title and credits from screen. Aspect ratio 1.37:1. Originally released as a motion picture in 1936. Accompanied by a booklet featuring an essay, "Rollin' on the river" by critic Gary Giddins. Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer; Audio commentary by Film historian Miles Kreuger (1989); Remembering James Whale (interview with Whale biographer James Curtis); Recognizing race in Show boat (Shane leaves Redmond discusses how the film delivers a complicated picture of racial identity); Paul Robeson: tribute to an artist (1979 documentary directed by Saul J. Turell); Show boat (excerpts from the film from 1929); Radio plays (two hour-long radio adaptations featuring stage and screen cast members Helen Morgan, Allan Jones, and Charles Winninger; producer Orson Welles; and novelist Edna Ferber.
Call Number:	PN1995.9.M86 S52 2020 VideoDVD
Audience:	Rating: Not rated.
ISBN:	9781681437071 1681437074
Credits:	Music by Jerome Kern ; cinematographer, John J. Mescall ; art director, Charles D. Hall ; costume designer, Doris Zinkeisen ; film editors, Ted Kent, Bernard Burton ; choreographer, Leroy Prinz.
System Details:	DVD; region 1; NTSC; 4:3 fullscreen, aspect ratio 1.37:1 presentation; Dolby digital monaural.
Cast:	Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, Helen Westley, Queenie Smith, Sammy White, Donald Cook, Hattie McDaniel, Francis X. Mahoney, Marilyn Knowlden, Sunnie O'Dea, Arthur Hohl, Charles Middleton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Clarence Muse.