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'.
Jane Witherspoon / Lou Ellen Carter
Sally Hessler
Marilyn Miller
Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
James I. Hessler
Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Bandleader in Elite Club
Gaylord Ravenal / Tony Martin
Una Trance / Dinah Shore
Frank Sinatra
Jerome Kern
Dance Specialty
Dance Specialty
Charles Frohman
Oscar Hammerstein II
London Specialty
Victor Herbert
Dance Specialty / George Budd
Mrs. Muller
Ellie May Shipley / Virginia O'Brien
Eva Kern
Joe (segment "Show Boat")
Joe Hennessey
Sally Hessler as a Girl
Specialty (segment 'The Cat and the Fiddle') (uncredited)
Specialty (segment 'The Cat and the Fiddle') (uncredited)
Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)
Producer (uncredited)
Stage Door Johnny (uncredited)
Elite Club Diner (uncredited)
Ed (uncredited)
Showgirl (uncredited)
Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)
Movie Studio Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
Esther Williams - Signing Autographs (uncredited)
Showgirl (uncredited)
Frohman's Secretary (uncredited)
Art Direction
Producer
Director
Screenplay
Screenplay
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Director of Photography
Original Music Composer
Costume Supervisor
Choreographer
Adaptation
Music Director
Orchestrator
Director of Photography
Editor
Sound Director
Art Direction
Set Decoration
Special Effects
Costume Designer
Hair Designer
Makeup Designer
Co-Director