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