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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 (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (script and lyrics), and the 1926 novel by Edna Ferber. It was made by MGM, adapted for the screen by John Lee Mahin, produced by Arthur Freed and directed by George Sidney.
"Ol' Man River" is a show tune from the 1927 [5] musical Show Boat with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, who wrote the song in 1925. The song contrasts the struggles and hardships of African Americans with the endless, uncaring flow of the Mississippi River .
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.
He appeared in two Hollywood films, including a star-making performance as Joe in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1951 Technicolor remake of Show Boat. His other film was called Old Explorers (1990), starring James Whitmore and José Ferrer. In a nod to Show Boat, Warfield played a cameo role as a tugboat captain.
Old Man River may refer to: A personification of the Mississippi River in the United States; Old Man River (musician) (born 1979), Israeli singer-songwriter "Ol' Man River", a 1927 song from the musical Show Boat "Old Man River (I've Come to Talk Again)", a song by Reba McEntire on the 1982 album Unlimited
Show Boat is a 1926 novel by American author and dramatist Edna Ferber. It chronicles the lives of three generations of performers on the Cotton Blossom , a floating theater on a steamboat that travels between small towns along the banks of the Mississippi River , from the 1880s to the 1920s.
Rear Adm. Ray Ackerman, affectionately known as "Old Man River," emerged as one of the most vocal advocates. His encouragement was akin to a seasoned rowing coach pushing his team beyond their ...
Bledsoe was the first to perform the role of Joe in Florenz Ziegfeld's 1927 production of Show Boat by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II (based on the 1926 novel Show Boat by Edna Ferber). [5] [7] It became Bledsoe's best known role, and his interpretation of "Ol' Man River" made the song a popular American classic. [7]