Show Boat

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DVD Details

  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Languages: English, Spanish
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 47 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: May 2, 2000
  • Originally Released: 1951
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 5,458
...[Enjoy] that glorious Kern-Hammerstein score....Musical lovers, your BOAT has come in. -- Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly
Jul 21, 1995
Rating: 3/5 -- Okay, but not a patch on the 1936 James Whale film.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Aug 11, 2003
Rating: C -- A much weaker Show Boat version than the 1936 one by James Whale. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Feb 2, 2006

Description by OLDIES.com:

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 Champion and Gower Champion) in Technicolor radiance, a made-from-scratch 170-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.

Product Description:

This vivacious remake of the Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical (based on an Edna Ferber novel) about life on a Mississippi riverboat tracks the hardships of Julie Laverne (Ava Gardner), a mulatto trying to pass for white while also following the course of a tumultuous love between a captain's daughter, Magnolia Hawks (Kathryn Grayson), and an itinerant gambler, Gaylord Ravenal (Howard Keel). Gardner (with help from Annette Warren, whose voice was overdubbed for Gardner's songs) gives a heartbreaking performance, and Grayson's clear, pure voice soars, set off magnificently by Keel's rich baritone. The film stands as a classic for both its surprising emotional impact and its well-known score, featuring timeless gems such as "Old Man River" and "Can't Help Lovin' that Man of Mine."

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  • Sales Rank: 121,800
  • UPC: 012569509429
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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