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Show boat / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; produced by Loew's Inc. ; screen play by John Lee Mahin ; produced by Arthur Freed ; directed by George Sidney.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Sidney, George, 1916-2002, director.
Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973, producer.
Mahin, John Lee, 1902-1984, screenwriter.
Grayson, Kathryn, 1922-2010, actor.
Gardner, Ava, 1922-1990, actor.
Keel, Howard, 1919-2004, actor.
Brown, Joe E. (Joe Evan), 1892-1973, actor.
Champion, Marge, actor.
Champion, Gower, 1919-1980, actor.
Sterling, Robert, 1917-2006, actor.
Moorehead, Agnes, 1900-1974, actor.
Erickson, Leif, 1911-1986, actor.
Warfield, William, actor.
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968.
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producer.
Loew's Incorporated, producer.
Turner Entertainment Co., distributor.
Warner Home Video (Firm), distributor.
Language:
English
French
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968--Film adaptations.
Ferber, Edna.
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968.
Gamblers--Drama.
Gamblers.
Women entertainers--Drama.
Women entertainers.
Paddle steamers--Drama.
Paddle steamers.
Genre:
Musical films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Edition:
Standard version.
Place of Publication:
Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Home Video, [2000]
Language Note:
In English or Spanish; optional subtitles English, French or Spanish.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital mono.
digital
optical
mono
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
Musical extravaganza which celebrates the loves and heartbreaks of a Mississippi riverboat troupe, starting with a young girl whose heart is stolen by a dashing gambler.
Participant:
Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge and Gower Champion, Robert Sterling, Agnes Moorehead, Leif Erickson, William Warfield.
Credits:
Director of photography, Charles Rosher; editor, John Dunning; music, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein; choreography, Robert Alton.
Notes:
Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1951.
Based on the musical play Showboat / by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, II which was based on the novel Showboat by Edna Ferber.
Special feature: original theatrical trailer.
ISBN:
0790744856
9780790744858
OCLC:
45099276
Publisher Number:
012569509429
65094 Warner Home Video

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