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DVD Release Date
• R1: May 2, 2000
Budget $2,295,429
Running Time
1 hour, 47 minutes
Country USA
Studio MGM
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Other Titles
• Show Boat
• Liebesnächte am Mississippi (1952)
• Mississippi-Melodie (1952)
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Musical, Period Piece, Tear Jerker, Love, Marriage
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Plot: This vivacious remake of the Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical (based on an Edna Ferber novel) about life on a Mississippi riverboat tracks the hardships of Julie Laverne (Ava Gardner), a mulatto trying to pass for white while also following the course of a tumultuous love between a captain's daughter, Magnolia Hawks (Kathryn Grayson), and an itinerant gambler, Gaylord Ravenal (Howard Keel). Gardner (with help from Annette Warren, whose voice was overdubbed for Gardner's songs) gives a heartbreaking performance, and Grayson's clear, pure voice soars, set off magnificently by Keel's rich baritone. The film stands as a classic for both its surprising emotional impact and its well-known score, featuring timeless gems such as "Old Man River" and "Can't Help Lovin' that Man of Mine."
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| Cast |
Ava Gardner
Earthquake, On the Beach, Seven Days in May |
 | Kathryn Grayson
Kiss Me Kate, Anchors Aweigh, That's Entertainment, Part II | Howard Keel
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Day of the Triffids, Calamity Jane | Joe E. Brown
Some Like It Hot, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, The Comedy of Terrors | | | Robert Sterling
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Johnny Eager, Two-Faced Woman | |
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| Music By |
Conrad Salinger
The Last Time I Saw Paris, Carbine Williams, Till the Clouds Roll by |
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