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A Balasaur Score of 72 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 37 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 76% of the 66 1940s music movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
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'.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 37 points higher than audiences do.
30 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard WhorfDirector
- Myles ConnollyScreenplay
- Jean HollowayScreenplay
- Jerome KernOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- June AllysonJane Witherspoon / Lou Ellen Carter
- Lucille BremerSally Hessler
- Judy GarlandMarilyn Miller
- Kathryn GraysonMagnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
- Van HeflinJames I. Hessler
- Lena HorneJulie LaVerne / Lena Horne
- Van JohnsonBandleader in Elite Club
- Tony MartinGaylord Ravenal / Tony Martin
- Dinah ShoreJulia Sanderson / Dinah Shore
- Frank SinatraFrank Sinatra
- Robert WalkerJerome Kern
- Gower ChampionDance Specialty
