When was showboat made

Since then it has been revived on Broadway five times and been turned into a film on three occasions. But every version has been different in several interesting ways. The other major problem has to do with the ending. Kim, the daughter of long-suffering heroine Magnolia Hawks, becomes a performer of a new generation on the show boat.

By ,Kern and Hammerstein realized they needed something different, so they came up with Nobody Else But Me, which proved be to the last song Kern ever wrote.

And in the last Broadway revival, Kim became a Charleston dynamo, leading the cast in a showstopping production number, set to Why Do I love You?. The first eight selections here come from a studio recording on the Brunswick label. The orchestra is conducted by Victor Young,who went on to enjoy a distinguished career as a film composer. It appears here in a studio recording made with Elisabeth Welch, a stage and cabaret star who left Broadway in the early s to settle in England.

The remaining selections are all from the Broadway revival which opened 5 January and ran for performances. Jan Clayton as Magnolia got top billing. But whatever form they take, the music and lyrics of Show Boat continue to impress us, nearly eighty years after their creation.

Magnolia Hawk, Captain Andy Hawks' daughter, becomes the new show boat attraction, and her leading man is Gaylord Ravenal, a gambler. The two instantly fall in love, and marry without Parthy Hawks approval. Magnolia and Gaylord leave the "Cotton Blossom" for a whirl-wind honeymoon.

Soon after, Magnolia realizes that gambling means more to Gaylord than anything else. Magnolia confronts Gaylord, and after he gambles away their fortune he leaves her, not knowing she is pregnant. Magnolia, penniless and pregnant, and is left to fend for herself, and make a new start. It's NEW! Drama Family Musical Romance. Did you know Edit. Trivia Director George Sidney had to leave for a few days because of illness, so uncredited associate producer Roger Edens directed the fog-enshrouded "departure" sequence, including William Warfield 's performance of "Ol' Man River.

Goofs When the townspeople are rushing to see the show boat at the beginning, the camera crew's shadow is visible on the road. Quotes Julie : Pride is smaller than kindness. Crazy credits Because some of the lyrics to the song "Cotton Blossom" have been altered by uncredited staff writers in this version of "Show Boat", Oscar Hammerstein II is never actually mentioned as having written the lyrics to the songs, although P.

Wodehouse IS listed as having written the lyrics to "Bill". This is only partially correct; only about half of Wodehouse's lyric to "Bill" was used. The rest of the lyric is by Hammerstein. Alternate versions Early preview showings of this film featured Ava Gardner's own singing voice, before the film was officially released with Ava overdubbed by Annette Warren.

User reviews 63 Review. Top review. Financially successful, but unsatisfying if you are familiar with the original show. This Technicolor remake of the famous Kern-Hammerstein musical has been very successful financially over the years due to the fact that its re-releases, frequent TV showings, digital re-mastering,and soundtrack album kept the excellent Universal film from being seen for a long time.

It has its good points, among the best being the beauty of Ava Gardner who gives one of her best portrayals,although she makes Julie more obviously sexy than either Edna Ferber or Oscar Hammerstein II intended , the sumptuous color photography, the thrilling voice of William Warfield singing "Ol' Man River", the likewise excellent voice of Howard Keel, and the dancing of Marge and Gower Champion.

Then we get to the negative points, beginning with mostly indifferent or awful acting, slow pacing, especially in the first thirty minutes, and an atrociously rewritten script, which keeps the basic plot line,but throws out most of Hammerstein's dialogue to make way for some memorably corny lines "There's still not enough room on this boat for the two of us!

By doing this, the film makers ruin one of "Show Boat" 's greatest virtues--a libretto good enough to enable the show to stand the test of time.

Many other 's shows have not, principally because of the quality of the scripts, although their songs remain famous and popular. Hattie McDaniel Queenie as Queenie. Francis X. Mahoney Rubber Face as Rubber Face.

Arthur Hohl Pete as Pete. Charles Middleton Vallon as Vallon. Farrell MacDonald Windy as Windy. Clarence Muse Janitor as Janitor. James Whale. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit.

Adaptation of the Broadway musical. Magnolia Hawks is the lovely but protected, and thus very naive, daughter of Cap'n Andy Hawks, the genial proprietor of a show boat that cruises the Missisippi, and his nagging wife, Parthy. She is best friends with the show boat's star, Julie LaVerne, but Julie and her husband Steve are forced to leave when it is revealed that Julie has "Negro" blood in her, thereby breaking the state law by being married to the white Steve.

Magnolia replaces Julie as the show boat's female star, and the show's new male star is the suave gambler Gaylord Ravenal. They and their young daughter lead the high life when Gaylord is lucky in gambling, but live like dirt when he's unlucky.

During one such unlucky streak, a broken Gaylord leaves Nola, and she is forced to start over by returning to the stage. Like Old Man River, as the famous song from this show goes, she just keeps rollin' along.

Comedy Drama Musical Romance. Did you know Edit. Trivia Special permission had to be granted from the Hays Office in order to retain the famous miscegenation interracial marriage sequence in the movie.

Miscegenation was banned as a film subject and the scene had been excluded from the film version. He mispronounces Cairo. His pronunciation is for the capital of Egypt.

Cairo, IL is pronounced Kay'ro, with perhaps other local variants. Quotes Joe : I just shell them peas. Crazy credits The rights to this film were bought by M-G-M in , so all prints shown on TV until the mid 's had the roaring lion logo at the beginning.

Soundtracks Cotton Blossom uncredited Music by Jerome Kern Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Sung by offscreen mixed chorus during opening credits and in opening scene by mixed chorus of dock workers.

User reviews 69 Review. Top review. The BEST version ever of the musical.