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

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