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Directed by:
James Whale
Written by:
Oscar Hammerstein Jr, from his own musical play with music by Jerome Kern 
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| Released: |
1936 |
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| Genre: |
DRAMA
MUSICAL
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| Origin: |
US |
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| Colour: |
BW |
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| Length: |
110 |
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Magnolia Hawks (Irene Dunne), a singer on a Mississippi River showboat, falls for unreliable gambler Gaylord Ravenal (Allan Jones). |
Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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| British director James Whale, best known for quirky horror films such as The Bride of Frankenstein , turns in a glossily produced musical with plenty of pace, though he never solves the problem of a screenplay which leaps about in time too much (greatly diminishing the impact of the final half-hour) and leaves too many plot strands dangling. Even as it is, the cast is magnificent, the racial sub-plot is touching, and the numbers - especially Old Man River, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man of Mine, and Bill - are, of course, classics. | |
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