Show Boat

TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Show Boat, 1951.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Show Boat, 1936.

Upon dismissing the flighty Magnolia (Irene Dunne), Paul Robeson (as "Joe") offers his legendary rendition of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II''s "Ol' Man River" in James Whale's Show Boat, 1936.

With the show derailed by the "Hillbilly Patron," (Stanley Fields) Cap'n Andy (Charles Winninger) recaptures the audience with some inspired vamping in James Whale's Show Boat, 1936, from the Edna Ferber novel.

Opening titles and arrival of the "Cotton Blossom" in New Orleans, with fanfare from "Cap'n Andy" (Charles Winninger) in James Whale's adaptation of the Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II musical Show Boat, 1936.

Magnolia (Irene Dunne) leads the cast (Queenie Smith, Allan Jones, Sammy White, et al) through mishaps and intrusions from a patron (Stanley Fields) in James Whale's Show Boat, 1936, from the Edna Ferber novel.

Hard to pick the best part as Helen Morgan ("Julie"), brings first Irene Dunne ("Magnolia") then Hattie McDaniel ("Queenie") and Paul Robeson ("Joe") into her performance of "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, in Show Boat, 1936.