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

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