TY - ADVS AU - Whale,James AU - Laemmle,Carl AU - Hammerstein,Oscar AU - Kern,Jerome AU - Kent,Ted AU - Burton,Bernard AU - Hall,Charles D. AU - Zinkeisen,Doris AU - Dunne,Irene AU - Jones,Allan AU - Winninger,Charles AU - Robeson,Paul AU - Morgan,Helen AU - Westley,Helen AU - Smith,Queenie AU - Cook,Donald AU - McDaniel,Hattie AU - White,Sammy AU - Mahoney,Francis X. AU - O'Dea,Sunnie AU - Hohl,Arthur AU - Middleton,Charles B. AU - MacDonald,J.Farrell AU - Muse,Clarence AU - Knowlden,Marilyn AU - Ferber,Edna ED - Universal Pictures Corporation, ED - Criterion Collection (Firm), TI - Edna Ferber's Show boat T2 - The Criterion collection SN - 9781681437071 PY - 2020///] CY - [New York, N.Y.] PB - The Criterion Collection KW - Ferber, Edna, KW - Showboats KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Drama KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Gamblers KW - Actresses KW - Gambling on river boats KW - Mississippi River KW - Musicals KW - lcgft KW - Romance films KW - Comedy films KW - Historical films KW - Film adaptations KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Title and credits from screen; Originally released as a motion picture in 1936; Aspect ratio 1.37:1; Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer; Audio commentary by Film historian Miles Kreuger (1989); Remembering James Whale (interview with Whale biographer James Curtis); Recognizing race in Show boat (Shane l. Redmond discusses how the film delivers a complicated picture of racial identity); Paul Robeson: tribute to an artist (1979 documentary directed by Saul J. Turell); Show boat (excerpts from the film from 1929); Radio plays (two hour-long radio adaptations featuring stage and screen cast members Helen Morgan, Allan Jones, and Charles Winninger; producer Orson Welles; and novelist Edna Ferber); in booklet, an essay by critic Gary Giddins; Music by Jerome Kern ; cinematographer, John J. Mescall ; art director, Charles D. Hall ; costume designer, Doris Zinkeisen ; film editors, Ted Kent, Bernard Burton ; choreographer, Leroy Prinz; Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, Helen Westley, Queenie Smith, Sammy White, Donald Cook, Hattie McDaniel, Francis X. Mahoney, Marilyn Knowlden, Sunnie O'Dea, Arthur Hohl, Charles Middleton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Clarence Muse; Rating: Not rated N2 - Edna Ferber's classic tale of life and love among a theatrical troupe on a Mississippi riverboat ER -