Charles Winninger
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Charles J. Winninger was an American stage and film actor, most often cast in comedies or musicals.
Winninger as Captain Henry on the radio show Maxwell House Show Boat (1937)
Winninger in State Fair (1945)
Show Boat
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Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat, over 40 years from 1887 to 1927. Its themes include racial prejudice and tragic, enduring love. The musical contributed such classic songs as "Ol' Man River", "Make Believe", and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man".
Original 1927 sheet music for Ol' Man River, from Show Boat
Scene from the original Broadway production
Opening title from the 1936 film version
French poster from the 1951 MGM film version of "Show Boat"