Show boat
Contributors: Whale, James, -1957; Sidney, George, 1916-2002; Coe, Richard L. (Richard Livingstone), 1914-1995, recipient; Kreuger, Miles, correspondent; Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945; Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960; Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968; Institute of the American Musical; Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1977
Language: eng
Subjects: Correspondence
Other titles: 50th anniversary of Show Boat, 1927-1977; Show boat (Motion picture : 1929); Show boat (Motion picture : 1936); Show boat (Motion picture : 1951)
Description: The Institute of the American Musical, Inc. has the honor present the 50th anniversary of "Show Boat," 1927-1977, "Show Boat," Universal, 1929, producer: Carl Laemmle, director: Harry A. Pollard, based on the novel by Edna Ferber, world premiere, Saturday, March 16, 1929, Paramount Theatre, Palm Beach, Florida. New York City premiere: Wednesday, April 17, 1929, Globe Theatre. "Show Boat," Universal, 1936, producer: Carl Laemmle Jr., director: James Whale, stage play, screen play, lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II, music: Jerome Kern, cinematographer: John J. Mescall, world premiere: Thursday, May 14, 1936, Radio City Music Hall, New York City. "Show Boat," Metro Goldwyn Mayer, 1951, producer: Arthur Freed, director George Sidney, screen play: John Lee Mahin, based on the musical play by Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern, and the novel by Edna Ferber, choreography: Robert Alton, associate producer: Ben Feiner Jr. (credited), Roger Edens (uncredited), musical director: Adolph Deutsch, world premiere: Thursday, July 19, 1951, Radio City Music Hall, New York City.
Notes: Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Universal, 1929: Laura La Plante, Joseph Schildkraut, Emily Fitzroy, Otis Harlan, Alma Rubens, Jack McDonald, Jane La Verne, Neely Edwards, Elise Bartlett, Stepin Fetchit, Gertrude Howard, Theodore Lorch, George Chesebro, Harry Holden, Blanche Craig, Grace Cunard, Max Asher, Scott Mattraw, Joe Mills, Richard Coleman, James V. Ayres, Ralph Yearsley, Jim Coleman, Carl Herlinger, Tom McGuire, Howard Chase replaced by Theodore Lorch. The voices of the Billbrew Chorus, Silvertone Quartet, Claude Colins, Four Emperors of Harmony: Jules Bledsoe.

Cast: Universal, 1936: Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, Helen Westley, Queenie Smith, Sammy White, Donald Cook, Hattie McDaniel, Francis X. Mahoney, Patricia Barry, Marilyn Knowleden, Sunnie O'Dea, Arthur Hohl, Charles Middleton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Clarence Muse, Charles Wilson, Stanley Fields, Stanley J. "Tiny" Sandford, May Beatty, Gunnis Davis, Harry Barris, Forrest Stanley, Elspeth Dudgeon, E.E. Clive, Helen Jerome Eddy, Don Briggs, Arthur Housman, Dorothy Granger, Barbara Pepper, Renee Whitney.

Cast: Metro Goldwyn Mayer, 1951: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion, Robert Sterling, Agnes Moorehead, Leif Erickson, William Warfield, Adele Jergens, Owen McGiveney, Frances Williams, Regis Toomey, Emory Parnell, Sheila Clark, Bert Roach, Fuzzy Knight, Norman Leavitt, Marjorie Wood, Sue Casey, Meredith Leeds, Jean Romaine.

LC copy accompanied by typescript letter, The Institute of the American Musical letterhead, addressed to Richard L. Coe, dated November 17, 1977, signed "Miles K". [Miles Kreuger]. In the letter, indicates the AFI has invited Kreuger to come to Washington to present all three film versions of "Show Boat" on January 4, 5, and 6, [1978?].

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).