Edna Ferber's Show boat

Resource Information

The work Edna Ferber's Show boat represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Edna Ferber's Show boat

Statement of responsibility

a Universal Picture ; Carl Laemmle presents ; a James Whale production ; produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. ; stage play, screen play and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; music by Jerome Kern ; directed by James Whale

Title variation

Show boat

Creator

• Show boat (Motion picture : 1936)

Contributor

• MacDonald, J. Farrell, 1875-1952,
• Mahoney, Francis X., 1884-1948
• McDaniel, Hattie, 1895-1952,
• Morgan, Helen, 1900-1941,
• Muse, Clarence,
• O'Dea, Sunnie, 1918-
• Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976,
• Smith, Queenie, 1902-1978,
• Westley, Helen, 1875 or 1879-1942,
• Whale, James, 1889-1957,
• White, Sammy, 1894-1960,
• Winninger, Charles, 1884-1969,
• Middleton, Charles B., 1879-1949,
• Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968
• Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960,
• Dunne, Irene, 1898-1990,
• Hohl, Arthur, 1889-1964,
• Cook, Donald, 1901-1961,
• Jones, Allan, 1907-1992,
• Burton, Bernard,
• Kent, Ted,
• Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945,
• Universal Pictures Corporation,
• Knowlden, Marilyn, 1926-
• Laemmle, Carl, Jr., 1908-1979,
• Criterion Collection (Firm),
• Hall, Charles D., 1888-1970,
• Zinkeisen, Doris,

Actor

• MacDonald, J. Farrell, 1875-1952,
• Winninger, Charles, 1884-1969,
• White, Sammy, 1894-1960,
• Westley, Helen, 1875 or 1879-1942,
• Smith, Queenie, 1902-1978,
• Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976,
• O'Dea, Sunnie, 1918-
• Muse, Clarence,
• Morgan, Helen, 1900-1941,
• Middleton, Charles B., 1879-1949,
• McDaniel, Hattie, 1895-1952,
• Mahoney, Francis X., 1884-1948
• Knowlden, Marilyn, 1926-
• Jones, Allan, 1907-1992,
• Cook, Donald, 1901-1961,
• Dunne, Irene, 1898-1990,
• Hohl, Arthur, 1889-1964,

Art director

• Hall, Charles D., 1888-1970,

Costume designer

• Zinkeisen, Doris,

Editor of moving image work

• Kent, Ted,
• Burton, Bernard,

Film director

• Whale, James, 1889-1957,

Film producer

• Laemmle, Carl, Jr., 1908-1979,

Lyricist

• Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960,

Production company

• Universal Pictures Corporation,

Publisher

• Criterion Collection (Firm),

Screenwriter

• Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960,

Subject

• Drama
• Feature films
• Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 -- Film adaptations
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Gamblers -- Drama
• Gambling on river boats -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
• Historical films
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Motion pictures -- United States
• Musicals
• Romance films
• Video recordings
• Showboats -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• 1800-1899
• Actresses -- Drama
• Comedy films
• DVD-Video discs

Genre

• Film adaptations
• Romance films
• Fiction films
• Comedy films
• Historical films
• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Musicals
• Drama
• Video recordings
• DVD-Video discs
• Motion pictures

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

Edna Ferber's classic tale of life and love among a theatrical troupe on a Mississippi riverboat

Member of

• Show boat (Motion picture : 1929), Selections
• Criterion collection ;, 1021

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Music by Jerome Kern ; cinematographer, John J. Mescall ; art director, Charles D. Hall ; costume designer, Doris Zinkeisen ; film editors, Ted Kent, Bernard Burton ; choreographer, Leroy Prinz

Intended audience

Rating: Not rated

Language note

English dialogue with optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

PerformerNote

Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, Helen Westley, Queenie Smith, Sammy White, Donald Cook, Hattie McDaniel, Francis X. Mahoney, Marilyn Knowlden, Sunnie O'Dea, Arthur Hohl, Charles Middleton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Clarence Muse

Runtime

113

Series statement

The Criterion collection

Series volume

1021

Technique

live action