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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