Carl Laemmle presents Edna Ferber's Show boat / Criterion ; MGM/UA Home Video ; Turner ; a James Whale production ; produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. ; stage play, screenplay and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; music by Jerome Kern.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Whale, James, 1889-1957, director.

Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, librettist, screenwriter.

Laemmle, Carl, Jr., 1908-1979, producer.

Kreuger, Miles, commentator.

Dunne, Irene, 1898-1990, performer.

Jones, Allan, 1907-1992, performer.

Winninger, Charles, 1884-1969, performer.

Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976, performer.

Morgan, Helen, 1900-1941, performer.

Mescall, John, 1899-1962, director of photography.

Hall, Charles D., 1899-

Baravalle, Victor, conductor.

Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981, arranger of music.

Prinz, Le Roy, 1895-1983, choreographer.

Fulton, John P., 1902-1966.

Kent, Ted, editor.

Burton, Bernard, editor.

Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968.

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.

Universal Pictures (Firm), producer.

MGM/UA Home Video (Firm), producer.

Voyager Company, distributor.

Janus Films, distributor.

Turner Entertainment Co.

Series:

Criterion collection ; 44.

Criterion collection ; 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musical films.

Feature films.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 12 in.

monochrome

Other Title:

Show boat.

Edna Ferber's Show boat.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : Voyager Press : Janus Films : MGM/UA Home Video : Turner: Distributed by the Voyager Co., [1989]

System Details:

digital

optical

video file

Participant:

Irene Dunne (Magnolia) ; Allan Jones (Gaylord Ravenal) ; Charles Winninger (Cap'n Andy Hawks) ; Paul Robeson (Joe) ; Helen Morgan (Julie) ; supporting players.

Credits:

Directed by James Whale; cinematographer, John J. Mescall; special cinematographer, John P. Fulton; art director, Charles D. Hall; musical director, Victor Baravalle; dance numbers staged by Leroy Prinz; film editors, Ted Kent, Bernard Burton; [musical arrangements, Robert Russell Bennett].

Notes:

Based on the stage play produced by Florenz Ziegfeld from the original novel by Edna Ferber.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1936 by Universal Productions.

Digital stereo sound; extended play (CLV)

Includes a digital channel on which the film is recorded, and analog channels on which are recorded the film (analog channel 1/L), and a simultaneously reproduced lecture and running commentary by Miles Kreuger (analog channel 2/R). A remote control device is needed to provide access to the analog channels.

Publisher's number: CC1191L.

Related Work:

Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. Showboat.

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Show boat.

ISBN:

1559400447

OCLC:

82070367

Publisher Number:

CC1191L