Portland Public Library

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

Originally released as a motion picture in 1936Aspect ratio 1.37:1Special 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

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

Midwest Tape

black and white

monaural

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

other

DVD special edition.

9781681437071

videodisc

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

1 videodisc (113 min.), sound, black and white, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet (20 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)1138903671

DVD; region 1; NTSC; 4:3 fullscreen, aspect ratio 1.37:1 presentation; Dolby dDgital monaural

715515243315

CC3128DDVD -- The Criterion Collection

DVD