"SHOW BOAT"
Here is a colourful, spectacular. romantic, and dramatic ><:-«n pa gen n:. Ranging from the picture.-tfu- • • of the Cotton Bio.—pin Floating T: at re ou the Mississippi about foity-nv* years ago. to the glitter of tm* 4 i.t-mg" World’s Fair of and a cabaret ’i Chicago ten years later, arid then <• the modern elegance of the surround ings of the new Cotton B!<" i:i «•: present day “Show Boat” tra’. • -> •< :i period of three generation*. A through it all are the haunting ci: uses and lilting songs that gave th. Ziegfeld show su<h rich splendour. Most popular of a J is ‘‘Old Man River,” which runs light through the narrative, a tune which rapturethe very spirit of the story. aa Help Lovin’ Dat Man’’ is another Liu number. Irene Dunne will play th* leading role of Magnolia, while tin role of Ravenal is still to Ire cast. Paul Robeson and Charles Winninger an the only other players in leading rolewho have definitely been sign- d nv the director Jame< VThnlv.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 44, 21 February 1936, Page 10
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171"SHOW BOAT" Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 44, 21 February 1936, Page 10
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