Broadway musical series : Showboat

Art

St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2008.012.0006

Description

This compact disc is part of the "Broadway Musicals Series," featuring the 1946 revival of Show Boat, but with one song written for the 1936 version. There are twenty-one songs in all. The paper insert is four pages, with a synopsis of the plot and comments on Kern's frequent re-working of the music in the production. The stars of this version were Jan Clayton and Carol Bruce. The disc itself has an overlay of a sidewheeler showboat and pictures of Carol Bruce? and Buddy Ebsen. Prism Leisure distributed the collection, copyrighted in 2002. PLATCD 733 The disc was played during the Society's exhibit about floating theaters held in conjunction with the waterfront festival in Leonardtown.

Collection

James Adams Floating Theatre Exhibit

Made/Created

Date made

1946 - 2002

Dimensions

Circumference

4-5/8 in

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ferber, Edna

Person or Organization

Hammerstein, Oscar

Person or Organization

Kern, Jerome