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Show Boat (1951)
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The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairytale romance is threatened when his luck turns sour. Director:George SidneyWriters:John Lee Mahin (screen play), Jerome Kern (based on the immortal musical play "Show Boat" by), and 4 more credits » |
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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Cast
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| Kathryn Grayson | ... | ||
| Ava Gardner | ... | ||
| Howard Keel | ... | ||
| Joe E. Brown | ... | ||
| Marge Champion | ... | ||
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Gower Champion | ... | |
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Robert Sterling | ... | |
| Agnes Moorehead | ... | ||
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Leif Erickson | ... |
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William Warfield | ... | |
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Storyline
The "Cotton Blossom", owned by the Hawk family, is the show boat where everyone comes for great musical entertainment down south. Julie Laverne and her husband are the stars of the show. After, a snitch on board calls the local police that Julie (who's half- African-American) is married to a whiteman, they are forced to leave the show boat. The reason being, that down south interracial marriages are forbidden. Magnolia Hawk, Captain Andy Hawks daughter, becomes the new show boat attraction and her leading man is Gaylord Ravenal, a gambler. The two instantly fall in love, and marry, without Parthy Hawks approval. Magnolia and Gaylord leave the, "Cotton Blossom", for a whirl wind honeymoon and being to live in a Pl: fantasy world. Magnolia soon faces reality quickly, that gambling means more to Gaylord than anything else. Magnolia confront Gaylord and after he gambles away their fortune he leaves her - not knowing she is pregnant... Written by Kelly
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Fill your heart with love, music, joy! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Mississippi-Melodie See more »Filming Locations:
Backlot, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$2,295,429 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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1.33 : 1
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(1927) (uncredited)
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Sung by William Warfield and offscreen chorus See more »
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Trivia
It reportedly took only one take for William Warfield to pre-record his rendition of "Ol' Man River" prior to filming. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: In some prints, Leif Erickson's name is misspelled (as Lief Erickson) in the opening credits. See more »Quotes
Julie: Mister... if you ever get to see Nollie, not get together with her I mean, but- if you ever do get to talk to her, don't ever tell her you saw me; I mean, don't ever tell her you saw me like this.See more »
Crazy Credits
Because some of the lyrics to the song "Cotton Blossom" have been altered in this version of "Show Boat", Oscar Hammerstein II is never actually mentioned as having written the lyrics to the songs, although P.G. Wodehouse IS listed as having written the lyrics to "Bill". (This is only partially correct; only about half of Wodehouse's 1917 lyric to "Bill" was used. The rest of the lyric is by Hammerstein.) See more »Soundtracks
"Finale: Ol' Man River"(1927) (uncredited)
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Sung by William Warfield and offscreen chorus See more »
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