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Budget. $1,194,943 [1] Show Boat is a 1936 American romantic musical film directed by James Whale, based on the 1927 musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, which in turn was adapted from the 1926 novel of the same name by Edna Ferber. [2] Universal Pictures had filmed the part-talkie Show Boat which was released in 1929.
Show Boat: Directed by James Whale. With Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson. Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
But many think the 1936 Show Boat is the definitive film version. By today's standards, Show Boat 's handling of racial issues like miscegenation and the stereotypical "shiftless darkies" seem embarrassingly outdated; at the time, though, the warm friendship between Magnolia and Julie, the "tragic mulatto," was considered enlightened.
A rich portrait of changing American entertainment traditions and race relations, Show Boat spans five decades and three generations as it follows the fortunes of the stagestruck Magnolia (Irene Dunne), an aspiring actor whose journey takes her from her family’s humble floating playhouse in the 1880s South to the bright footlights of the 1930s North.
The Enduring Relevance of Show BoatBy Masi Asare and Todd DeckerStills from the 1936 Film SHOW BOAT is a musical play about reinvention, the irrepressible spirit of showbiz people, and what we make of the endless passage of time—time that flows on like a mighty river.
Magnolia es una película dirigida por James Whale con Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Helen Morgan .... Año: 1936. Título original: Show Boat.
Synopsis. This film of "Show Boat" is more faithful to the original stage musical than any of the other films of it, except for the 1989 videotaped production presented on PBS. As the film begins, the Cotton Palace, a show boat on the Mississippi River, pulls into port. On board are the owner Cap'n Andy Hawks, his nagging, disapproving wife ...
