Show Boat (Criterion Collection) (1936) on Blu-ray

Actor: Irene Dunne, Hattie McDaniel, Charles Winninger
Director: James Whale
Genre: Musical
Year: 1936
Studio: Criterion Collection
Length: 113
Released: 10/30/2015
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: Blu-ray
Misc/Special Features: Subtitled, Blu-ray, New, restored 4K digital transfer, New interview with James Whale biographer James Curtis, Recognizing Race in “Show Boat,” a new interview program, Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979), an Academy Award–winning short documentary, Two radio adaptations of Show Boat.
Language: English
Subtitles : Yes

DESCRIPTION:

Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's immortal musical adaptation of Edna Ferber's sprawling novel receives it's most faithful and enduring cinematic adaptation under the elegant direction of James Whale. A rich portrait of changing American entertainment traditions and race relations, Show Boat spans four decades and three generations as it follows the fortunes of the stage-struck Magnolia (Irene Dunne), an aspiring actor whose journey takes her from her family's humble floating playhouse in the 1880s South to the height of fame in the 1930s North. The cast of show-business legends includes Helen Morgan, Hattie McDaniel, Charles Winninger, and the great Paul Robeson, whose iconic, soul-shaking rendition of Ol' Man River is one of the crowning glories of the American stage and screen.