

05/12/1946
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'.

June Allyson
as Jane Witherspoon / Lou Ellen Carter

Lucille Bremer
as Sally Hessler

Judy Garland
as Marilyn Miller

Kathryn Grayson
as Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson

Van Heflin
as James I. Hessler

Lena Horne
as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne

Van Johnson
as Bandleader in Elite Club

Tony Martin
as Gaylord Ravenal / Tony Martin

Dinah Shore
as Una Trance / Dinah Shore

Frank Sinatra
as Frank Sinatra

Robert Walker
as Jerome Kern

Gower Champion
as Dance Specialty

Cyd Charisse
as Dance Specialty

Harry Hayden
as Charles Frohman

Paul Langton
as Oscar Hammerstein II

Angela Lansbury
as London Specialty

Paul Maxey
as Victor Herbert

Ray McDonald
as Dance Specialty / George Budd

Mary Nash
as Mrs. Muller

Virginia O'Brien
as Ellie May Shipley / Virginia O'Brien

Dorothy Patrick
as Eva Kern

Caleb Peterson
as Joe (segment "Show Boat")

William Phillips
as Joe Hennessey

Joan Wells
as Sally Hessler as a Girl

Lyn Wilde
as Specialty (segment 'The Cat and the Fiddle') (uncredited)

Lee Wilde
as Specialty (segment 'The Cat and the Fiddle') (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
as Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)

Russell Hicks
as Producer (uncredited)

Frank McLure
as Stage Door Johnny (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse
as Elite Club Diner (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Ed (uncredited)

Mary Hatcher
as Showgirl (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)

Ray Teal
as Movie Studio Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)

Esther Williams
as Esther Williams - Signing Autographs (uncredited)

Sally Forrest
as Showgirl (uncredited)

Byron Foulger
as Frohman's Secretary (uncredited)
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