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From novel (by Edna Ferber) to Broadway smash (by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) to three film versions (1929, 1936, 1951) to stage revivals. Like Ol' Man River, Show Boat just keeps rollin' along. Produced by Arthur Freed and directed by George Sidney, this 1951 version of the saga of riverboat lives and loves has glorious stars (Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Marge and Gower Champion) in Technicolor radiance, a made-from-scratch 1140-foot paddle wheeler, timeless songs and an equally timeless outcry against racial bigotry. "This was music that would outlast Kern's day and mine," Ferber said in recalling her first reaction to hearing "Ol' Man River." She was right as rain.
Movie Details
- Format
- Blu-ray
- Encoding
- Region 1 (US & Canada)
- Rating
- NR
- Originally Released
- 1951
- Runtime
- 1 hours, 48 minutes
- Label
- Warner
- Starring
- Kathryn Grayson; Ava Gardner; Howard Keel; Joe E. Brown; Marge Champion; Gower Champion; Robert Sterling; Agnes Moorehead; Leif Erickson; William Warfield
Manufactured on Demand
This film was released by studios as part of their MOD (Manufactured-On-Demand) line of releases. This is not a bootleg. In order to make the release of films with low sales demand possible, major studios like Universal, Sony, Warner, Paramount, Hallmark and 20th Century Fox have contracted with a distributor to provide manufactured-on-demand releases to consumers.