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