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Show Boat (1951) - (Original Trailer)

Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River" in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical SHOW BOAT (1951) starring Ava Gardner, Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson.

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Magnolia (Kathryn Grayson) prohibited from performing in her parents' show, has just met gambler Gaylord (Howard Keel), claiming to be an aspiring actor, as they join in Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Make Believe, in Show Boat, 1951.

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