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.

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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"Adaptation of the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II operetta about the daughter of a showboat captain, who is swept off her feet by a dashing gambler and ultimately becomes the star of the riverboat stag"

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Main Author:	Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 (Composer)
Contributors:	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), Mescall, John, 1899-1962 (director of photography.), Fulton, John P., 1902-1966 (director of photography.), Kent, Ted (Editor of moving image work), Burton, Bernard (Editor of moving image work), Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968
Corporate Contributors:	Universal Pictures Company (Production company), Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. (Distributor)
Format:	Electronic Video
Language:	English
Published:	[Burbank, CA] : Universal, 1936.
Subjects:	Man-woman relationships > Drama. Gamblers > Drama. Women entertainers > Drama. Actresses > Drama. Showboats > History > 19th century > Drama. Gambling on river boats > Mississippi River > History > 19th century > Drama. Interracial marriage > Drama. African Americans > Race identity > Drama. Paddle steamers > Drama.
Genre/Form:	Fiction films, Musical films, Film adaptations, Feature films, Video recordings for the hearing impaired, Internet videos

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