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Show boat [videorecording (DVD)].

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Criterion Collection, 2020.

DVD SHO 1936 Mus

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Gambling -- Drama.

Musicals -- Film adaptations.

Criterion collection ; 1021.

Alternate title:

Edna Ferber's Show boat [videorecording (DVD)]

Paul Robeson : tribute to an artist [videorecording (DVD)].

[videorecording (DVD)].

DVD special ed.

1 videodisc (113 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., b&w ; 12 cm.

Based on the 1927 musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, which in turn was adapted from the 1926 novel of the same name by Edna Ferber.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.

Special edition DVD features: New, restored 4K digital transfer ; audio commentary from 1989 featuring American-musical historian Miles Kreuger ; new interview with James Whale biographer James Curtis ; Recognizing Race in Show Boat, a new interview program featuring professor and author Shana L. Redmond ; Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979), an Academy Awardwinning short documentary by Saul J. Turell, newly restored ; four performances from the sound prologue of the 1929 film version of Show Boat, plus twenty minutes of silent excerpts from the film, with audio commentary by Kreuger ; two radio adaptations of Show Boat, featuring stage and screen cast members Allan Jones, Helen Morgan, and Charles Winninger; actor Orson Welles; and novelist Edna Ferber ; PLUS: An essay by critic Gary Giddins.

A selection of the National Film Registry, 1996.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Carl Laemmle presents ; produced by Carl Laemmle ; directed by James Whale ; stageplay, screenplay and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; music by Jerome Kern.

Irene Dunne with Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, Helen Westley and Hattie McDaniel.

"Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein IIs immortal musical adaptation of Edna Ferbers sprawling novel receives its most faithful and enduring cinematic adaptation under the elegant direction of James Whale. A rich portrait of changing American entertainment traditions and race relations, Show Boat spans four decades and three generations as it follows the fortunes of the stage-struck Magnolia (Irene Dunne), an aspiring actor whose journey takes her from her familys humble floating playhouse in the 1880s South to the height of fame in the 1930s North. The cast of show-business legends includes Helen Morgan, Hattie McDaniel, Charles Winninger, and the great Paul Robeson, whose iconic, soul-shaking rendition of Ol Man River is one of the crowning glories of the American stage and screen."--Container.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. Show boat.

Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960. Show boat.

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.

Whale, James, 1889-1957.

Dunne, Irene, 1898-1990.

Jones, Allan, 1907-1992.

Winninger, Charles, 1884-1969.

Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.

Morgan, Helen, 1900-1941.

Westley, Helen, 1879-1942.

McDaniel, Hattie, 1895-1952.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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