Show Boat

Show Boat

1951 | 2h 19m | Drama, Musical | TV-G

Brief Synopsis

One of the greatest Broadway musicals comes to the screen in this tale of music, racial bigotry and enduring love as outsized as the American heartland set aboard a Mississippi River show boat.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

George Sidney

CAST

Kathryn Grayson

Ava Gardner

Howard Keel

Joe E. Brown

Marge Champion

Gower Champion

Robert Sterling

Agnes Moorehead

Leif Erickson

William Warfield

PRODUCERS

Arthur Freed

WRITERS

John Lee Mahin

Edna Ferber

Host Intros

01:44
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Show Boat (1951)
Intro Aired: Mar 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Show Boat, 1951.

Related Videos

Show Boat (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Make Believe
Clip
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.
Show Boat (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Just A Sample
Clip
Impresario Cap'n Andy (Joe E. Brown) promoting performers including Marge & Gower Champion, Ava Gardner (as "Julie") and Robert Sterling (as "Steve,"), early in the Freed Unit/George Sidney MGM production of Show Boat, 1951.
Show Boat (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Clip
Love-struck Magnolia (Kathryn Grayson) is counseled by worldly Julie (Ava Gardner, dubbed here by Annette Warren) who sings the Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II standard, in the MGM 1951 version of Show Boat.
04:01
Show Boat (1951) - (Original Trailer)
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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