Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
June Allyson
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Lucille Bremer
USA
Best movies:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Till the Clouds Roll by (1946)
Judy Garland
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Easter Parade (1948)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Kathryn Grayson
USA
Best movies:
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Show Boat (1951)
Van Heflin
USA
Best movies:
Airport (1970)
Act of Violence (1948)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Lena Horne
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Till the Clouds Roll by (1946)
Van Johnson
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Madame Curie (1943)
Frank Sinatra
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Robert Walker
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Madame Curie (1943)
Gower Champion
USA
Best movies:
Show Boat (1951)
Till the Clouds Roll by (1946)
Cyd Charisse
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Angela Lansbury
UK
Best movies:
Sweeney Todd (1982) (TV movie)
Gaslight (1944)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Esther Williams
USA
Best movies:
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Dinah Shore
USA
Best movies:
Follow the Boys (1944)
Till the Clouds Roll by (1946)
Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
Tony Martin
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Clash by Night (1952)
James Finlayson
UK
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Feet First (1930)
Ray McDonald
USA
Best movies:
Till the Clouds Roll by (1946)
Babes on Broadway (1941)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
Sally Forrest
USA
Best movies:
Mystery Street (1950)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
While the City Sleeps (1956)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Byron Foulger
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)