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 th
Original sheet music for "Ol' Man River" from Show Boat
Cover of the novel
Nell Brinkley's "Impressions of Ziegfeld's Show Boat"
Scene from the original Broadway production
Show Boat (1951 film)
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Show Boat is a 1951 American musical romantic drama film, based on the 1927 stage musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, and the 1926 novel by Edna Ferber. It was made by MG
Show Boat
…stopped loving him, greets him warmly. As the happy couple walks up the boat's gangplank, Joe and the cast sing the last verse of "Ol' Man River". The 1951 MGM film changed the final scenes of the story, as well as many small details. It reconciles Ravenal and Magnolia a few years after they separate, rather than…
Film poster