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Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.
Directed by
Richard Whorf
Angela Lansbury
London Specialty
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
June Allyson
Jane Witherspoon / Lou Ellen Carter
Judy Garland
Marilyn Miller
Cyd Charisse
Dance Specialty
Van Johnson
Bandleader in Elite Club
Bess Flowers
Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Frohman's Secretary (uncredited)
Ray Teal
Movie Studio Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
Lena Horne
Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Esther Williams
Esther Williams - Signing Autographs (uncredited)
Van Heflin
James I. Hessler
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)
Dinah Shore
Una Trance / Dinah Shore
Kathryn Grayson
Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
Tony Martin
Gaylord Ravenal / Tony Martin
Russell Hicks
Producer (uncredited)
Paul Langton
Oscar Hammerstein II
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Ed (uncredited)
Gower Champion
Dance Specialty
Sally Forrest
Showgirl (uncredited)
Paul Maxey
Victor Herbert
Robert Walker
Jerome Kern
Mary Nash
Mrs. Muller
Dorothy Patrick
Eva Kern
William Phillips
Joe Hennessey
Lucille Bremer
Sally Hessler
Frank McLure
Stage Door Johnny (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Charles Frohman
Ray McDonald
Dance Specialty / George Budd
Virginia O'Brien
Ellie May Shipley / Virginia O'Brien
Lyn Wilde
Specialty (segment 'The Cat and the Fiddle') (uncredited)
Lee Wilde
Specialty (segment 'The Cat and the Fiddle') (uncredited)
Mary Hatcher
Showgirl (uncredited)
Caleb Peterson
Joe (segment "Show Boat")
Joan Wells
Sally Hessler as a Girl
Bert Moorhouse
Elite Club Diner (uncredited)

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