
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'.
Cast

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
Frank Sinatra

Robert Walker
Jerome Kern

Gower Champion
Dance Specialty

Cyd Charisse
Dance Specialty

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
Specialty (segment 'The Cat and the Fiddle') (uncredited)

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
Showgirl (uncredited)

Byron Foulger
Frohman's Secretary (uncredited)
Crew

Richard Whorf
Director

Vincente Minnelli
Co-Director

George Wells
Adaptation
Jean Holloway
Screenplay

Myles Connolly
Screenplay

Guy Bolton
Story
Albert Akst
Editor
Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography

George J. Folsey
Director of Photography
Arthur Freed
Producer

Helen Rose
Costume Designer

Irene
Costume Supervisor

Sydney Guilaroff
Hair Designer
Jack Dawn
Makeup Designer

Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects

Jerome Kern
Original Music Composer
Lennie Hayton
Music Director

Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration

Hermes Pan
Choreographer

Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Daniel B. Cathcart
Art Direction
Conrad Salinger
Orchestrator
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