Show Boat (1951) on Blu-ray

Actor: Kathryn Grayson; Ava Gardner; Howard Keel; Joe E. Brown; Marge Champion; Gower Champion; Robert Sterling; Agnes Moorehead; Leif Erickson; William Warfield
Director: George Sidney
Genre: Comedy
Year: 1951
Studio: Warner Bros.
Length: 108 Min
Released: 12/23/2021
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: Blu-ray
Misc/Special Features: NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles : Yes

DESCRIPTION:

From novel (by Edna Ferber) to Broadway smash (by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) to three film versions (1929, 1936, 1951) to stage revivals. Like Ol' Man River, Show Boat just keeps rollin' along. Produced by Arthur Freed and directed by George Sidney, this 1951 version of the saga of riverboat lives and loves has glorious stars (Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Marge and Gower Champion) in Technicolor radiance, a made-from-scratch 170-foot paddle wheeler, timeless songs and an equally timeless outcry against racial bigotry. "This was music that would outlast Kern's day and mine," Ferber said in recalling her first reaction to hearing "Ol' Man River." She was right as rain.