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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.
LIBRA DVD 012 097
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- 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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