A retired vaudevillian (Charles Winninger) clashes with his producer son (George Murphy) in this MGM Technicolor musical. watch
Opening titles and arrival of the "Cotton Blossom" in New Orleans, with fanfare from "Cap'n Andy" (Charles Winninger) in James Whale's adaptation of the Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II musical Show Boat, 1936. watch
With the show derailed by the "Hillbilly Patron," (Stanley Fields) Cap'n Andy (Charles Winninger) recaptures the audience with some inspired vamping in James Whale's Show Boat, 1936, from the Edna Ferber novel. watch