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The Resource Edna Ferber's Show boat, 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

Edna Ferber's Show boat, 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

Creator
Contributor
Summary
Edna Ferber's classic tale of life and love among a theatrical troupe on a Mississippi riverboat
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
DVD special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (113 min.)
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1936
  • Aspect ratio 1.37:1
  • Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer; Audio commentary by Film historian Miles Kreuger (1989); Remembering James Whale (interview with Whale biographer James Curtis); Recognizing race in Show boat (Shane l. Redmond discusses how the film delivers a complicated picture of racial identity); Paul Robeson: tribute to an artist (1979 documentary directed by Saul J. Turell); Show boat (excerpts from the film from 1929); Radio plays (two hour-long radio adaptations featuring stage and screen cast members Helen Morgan, Allan Jones, and Charles Winninger; producer Orson Welles; and novelist Edna Ferber); in booklet, an essay by critic Gary Giddins
Isbn
9781681437071
Instance
Label
Edna Ferber's Show boat
Title
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
Contributor
Actor
Art director
Costume designer
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film producer
Lyricist
Production company
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Edna Ferber's classic tale of life and love among a theatrical troupe on a Mississippi riverboat
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Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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  • Show boat (Motion picture : 1936)
  • Show boat (Motion picture : 1929)
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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
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
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1889-1957
  • 1908-1979
  • 1895-1960
  • 1885-1945
  • 1888-1970
  • 1898-1990
  • 1907-1992
  • 1884-1969
  • 1898-1976
  • 1900-1941
  • 1875 or 1879-1942
  • 1902-1978
  • 1901-1961
  • 1895-1952
  • 1894-1960
  • 1884-1948
  • 1918-
  • 1889-1964
  • 1879-1949
  • 1875-1952
  • 1926-
  • 1887-1968
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  • Whale, James
  • Laemmle, Carl
  • Hammerstein, Oscar
  • Kern, Jerome
  • Kent, Ted
  • Burton, Bernard
  • Hall, Charles D.
  • Zinkeisen, Doris
  • Dunne, Irene
  • Jones, Allan
  • Winninger, Charles
  • Robeson, Paul
  • Morgan, Helen
  • Westley, Helen
  • Smith, Queenie
  • Cook, Donald
  • McDaniel, Hattie
  • White, Sammy
  • Mahoney, Francis X.
  • O'Dea, Sunnie
  • Hohl, Arthur
  • Middleton, Charles B.
  • MacDonald, J. Farrell
  • Muse, Clarence
  • Knowlden, Marilyn
  • Ferber, Edna
  • Universal Pictures Corporation
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
113
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
1021
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  • Ferber, Edna
  • Ferber, Edna
  • Showboats
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Gamblers
  • Actresses
  • Gambling on river boats
  • Actresses
  • Gamblers
  • Gambling on river boats
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Showboats
  • Mississippi River
Technique
live action
Label
Edna Ferber's Show boat, 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
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1936
  • Aspect ratio 1.37:1
  • Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer; Audio commentary by Film historian Miles Kreuger (1989); Remembering James Whale (interview with Whale biographer James Curtis); Recognizing race in Show boat (Shane l. Redmond discusses how the film delivers a complicated picture of racial identity); Paul Robeson: tribute to an artist (1979 documentary directed by Saul J. Turell); Show boat (excerpts from the film from 1929); Radio plays (two hour-long radio adaptations featuring stage and screen cast members Helen Morgan, Allan Jones, and Charles Winninger; producer Orson Welles; and novelist Edna Ferber); in booklet, an essay by critic Gary Giddins
Accompanying material
1 booklet (20 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1138903671
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
DVD special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (113 min.)
Isbn
9781681437071
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
Other control number
715515243315
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC3128DDVD
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1138903671
System details
DVD; region 1; NTSC; 4:3 fullscreen, aspect ratio 1.37:1 presentation; Dolby dDgital monaural
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Edna Ferber's Show boat, 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
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1936
  • Aspect ratio 1.37:1
  • Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer; Audio commentary by Film historian Miles Kreuger (1989); Remembering James Whale (interview with Whale biographer James Curtis); Recognizing race in Show boat (Shane l. Redmond discusses how the film delivers a complicated picture of racial identity); Paul Robeson: tribute to an artist (1979 documentary directed by Saul J. Turell); Show boat (excerpts from the film from 1929); Radio plays (two hour-long radio adaptations featuring stage and screen cast members Helen Morgan, Allan Jones, and Charles Winninger; producer Orson Welles; and novelist Edna Ferber); in booklet, an essay by critic Gary Giddins
Accompanying material
1 booklet (20 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1138903671
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
DVD special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (113 min.)
Isbn
9781681437071
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
Other control number
715515243315
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC3128DDVD
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1138903671
System details
DVD; region 1; NTSC; 4:3 fullscreen, aspect ratio 1.37:1 presentation; Dolby dDgital monaural
Video recording format
DVD

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