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'.
June Allyson
Jane Witherspoon / Lou Ellen Carter
Lucille Bremer
Sally Hessler
Judy Garland
Marilyn Miller
Kathryn Grayson
Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
Van Heflin
James I. Hessler
Lena Horne
Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Van Johnson
Bandleader in Elite Club
Tony Martin
Gaylord Ravenal / Tony Martin
Dinah Shore
Julia Sanderson / Dinah Shore
Frank Sinatra
Robert Walker
Jerome Kern
Gower Champion
Dance Specialty
Cyd Charisse
Harry Hayden
Charles Frohman
Paul Langton
Oscar Hammerstein II
Angela Lansbury
London Specialty
Paul Maxey
Victor Herbert
Ray McDonald
Dance Specialty / George Budd
Mary Nash
Mrs. Muller
Virginia O'Brien
Ellie May Shipley / Virginia O'Brien
Dorothy Patrick
Eva Kern
Caleb Peterson
Joe (segment "Show Boat")
William Phillips
Joe Hennessey
Joan Wells
Sally Hessler as a Girl
Lyn Wilde
Specialty (segment 'The Cat and the Fiddle') (uncredited)
Lee Wilde
Bess Flowers
Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
Producer (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Stage Door Johnny (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Elite Club Diner (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Ed (uncredited)
Mary Hatcher
Showgirl (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)
Ray Teal
Movie Studio Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
Esther Williams
Esther Williams - Signing Autographs (uncredited)
Sally Forrest
Byron Foulger
Frohman's Secretary (uncredited)
Richard Whorf
Director
Arthur Freed
Producer
Nov 22, 2020
Dec 10, 1985
Apr 11, 1967
Nov 21, 1964
Sep 23, 1969
Aug 27, 2026
Oct 30, 1998
Oct 29, 2004
May 29, 1942
Oct 12, 1949
Nov 18, 1983
Apr 16, 2021
Oct 3, 2010
Feb 16, 2017
Feb 18, 1963
Apr 8, 1936
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
US
United States
English