- Release date
- May 14, 1936
- Comments
- A 1936 romantic musical film directed by James Whale, based on Show Boat , the musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II starring Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger. Paul Robeson and Helen Morgan. In addition to the songs retained from the stage production, Kern and Hammerstein wrote three additional songs for the film. Two of them were performed in spots previously reserved for songs from the stage production.