1 videodisc (113 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1 video file DVD video region 1 polychrome
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
Other Title:
Showboat Edna Ferber's Show boat Show boat (Motion picture : 1936) [DVD]
Notes:
Title from container Originally released as a motion picture in 1936 Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Based on the novel by Edna Ferber and the stage musical by Jerome Kern, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Mono, full screen 1.37:1 Essay by critic Gary Giddins in container Features: audio commentary from 1989 featuring American-musical historian Miles Kreuger; new interview with James Whale biographer James Curtis; "Recognizing race in Show boat," a new interview program featuring professor and author Shana L. Redmond; Academy Awardwinning short documentary "Paul Robeson : tribute to an artist" (1979) by Saul J. Turell, newly restored; two performances from the sound prologue of the 1929 film version of Show boat, plus twenty minutes of silent excerpts from the film, with audio commentary by Kreuger; two radio adaptations of Show boat, featuring stage and screen cast members Allan Jones, Helen Morgan, and Charles Winninger, actor Orson Welles, and novelist Edna Ferber Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 For private home use only In English with English subtitles ; English SDH
