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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
Tony Martin
Gaylord Ravenal / Tony Martin
Judy Garland
Marilyn Miller
Cyd Charisse
Dance Specialty
Bess Flowers
Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Stage Door Johnny (uncredited)
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Van Heflin
James I. Hessler
Ray Teal
Movie Studio Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
June Allyson
Jane Witherspoon / Lou Ellen Carter
Van Johnson
Bandleader in Elite Club
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)
Lucille Bremer
Sally Hessler
Esther Williams
Esther Williams - Signing Autographs (uncredited)
Kathryn Grayson
Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
Mary Nash
Mrs. Muller
Robert Walker
Jerome Kern
William Phillips
Joe Hennessey
Paul Maxey
Victor Herbert
Dinah Shore
Una Trance / Dinah Shore
Lena Horne
Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Byron Foulger
Frohman's Secretary (uncredited)
Sally Forrest
Showgirl (uncredited)
Paul Langton
Oscar Hammerstein II
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Ed (uncredited)
Lyn Wilde
Specialty (segment 'The Cat and the Fiddle') (uncredited)
Ray McDonald
Dance Specialty / George Budd
Russell Hicks
Producer (uncredited)
Dorothy Patrick
Eva Kern
Virginia O'Brien
Ellie May Shipley / Virginia O'Brien
Harry Hayden
Charles Frohman
Gower Champion
Dance Specialty
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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