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Mississippi-Melodie

Originaltitel: Show Boat
  • 1951
  • 12
  • 1 Std. 48 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,8/10
5583
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Ava Gardner, Kathryn Grayson, and Howard Keel in Mississippi-Melodie (1951)
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DramaFamilyMusicalRomance

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuThe daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairy tale romance is threatened after his luck turns sour.The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairy tale romance is threatened after his luck turns sour.The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairy tale romance is threatened after his luck turns sour.

  • Regie
    • George Sidney
  • Drehbuch
    • John Lee Mahin
    • Jerome Kern
    • Oscar Hammerstein II
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Kathryn Grayson
    • Ava Gardner
    • Howard Keel
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,8/10
    5583
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • George Sidney
    • Drehbuch
      • John Lee Mahin
      • Jerome Kern
      • Oscar Hammerstein II
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Kathryn Grayson
      • Ava Gardner
      • Howard Keel
    • 72Benutzerrezensionen
    • 23Kritische Rezensionen
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
    • Für 2 Oscars nominiert
      • 6 Gewinne & 6 Nominierungen insgesamt

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    Kathryn Grayson
    Kathryn Grayson
    • Magnolia Hawks
    Ava Gardner
    Ava Gardner
    • Julie LaVerne
    Howard Keel
    Howard Keel
    • Gaylord Ravenal
    Joe E. Brown
    Joe E. Brown
    • Cap'n Andy Hawks
    Marge Champion
    Marge Champion
    • Ellie May Shipley
    Gower Champion
    Gower Champion
    • Frank Schultz
    Robert Sterling
    Robert Sterling
    • Steven Baker
    Agnes Moorehead
    Agnes Moorehead
    • Parthy Hawks
    Leif Erickson
    Leif Erickson
    • Pete
    • (as Lief Erickson)
    William Warfield
    William Warfield
    • Joe
    Boyd Ackerman
    • Chorus Boy
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Bette Arlen
    • Chorus Girl
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Mary Bezemes
    • Minor Role
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    Chet Brandenburg
    Chet Brandenburg
    • Man at New Years Celebration
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Carol Brewster
    • Girl
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Peter Camlin
    • Croupier
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Sue Casey
    • New Year's Eve Cutie
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Chick Chandler
    Chick Chandler
    • Trocadero Stage Assistant
    • (Nicht genannt)
    • Regie
      • George Sidney
    • Drehbuch
      • John Lee Mahin
      • Jerome Kern
      • Oscar Hammerstein II
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    9Jacqui-Armitage

    The Dubbing of Ava Gardner's Voice

    Show Boat is one of my favourite musicals, and I admit to being a solid Howard Keel fan! However, the one thing that gets me, and why they haven't returned it to the original film track, is the dubbing of Ava Gardner's voice.

    I have a copy of the soundtrack on good old vinyl and have Ava singing her own songs on it and I have to say, in my humble opinion, that she actually did a better job of it, than the person who dubbed her.

    Maybe in 1951 Ava's rendition was a bit.... too hot for the censors, but today, never. Why can't we have Ava's voice back on the film??? What do the rest of you think?
    Doylenf

    Why all the putdowns of this great musical??? In many ways an improvement over 1936 original...

    I strongly disagree with some of the other viewers. 'Showboat' -- the 1951 version -- is not inferior to the earlier, darker Universal version with Irene Dunne and Allan Jones. The talent used for the lavish technicolor remake is in itself superior to the cast of the original--Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Joe E. Brown, Agnes Moorehead, Robert Sterling -- and most importantly, Marge and Gower Champion who can do no wrong with dance numbers. By comparison, the dances in the original version appear uninspired--and even the legendary Helen Morgan (not a conventional beauty by any standards) fails to evoke the same magic Ava Gardner does as Julie. True, Morgan did her own singing but Gardner's voice on the soundtrack could just as well have been used instead of Annette Warren's.

    Other than that, the MGM film is just fine--everything is staged with much more zest and enthusiasm than is present in the awkward, lumbering James Whale version. And Marge and Gower Champion's version of "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" is a priceless example of this team's artful way with a show tune. Their contribution is a major asset of the newer version.

    Likewise, Grayson and Keel blend their rich voices in song the way they were meant to be heard by Kern & Hammerstein. Irene Dunne had a modest soprano voice but she was not as accomplished a singer as Grayson nor did she deliver numbers with Kathryn's uncommon ease. Performance-wise, Grayson is a bit too subdued against Gardner's more colorful character and did not kick up her heels the way she would in 'Kiss Me Kate', one of her best roles.

    As for Allan Jones in the earlier version, he was a personable enough singer/actor but he was nowhere close to Keel's adroit handling of both songs and dialogue. Keel went on to become a staple of some of MGM's finest musicals and a fine reputation as a strong singer.

    The pacing of the older film was slow, leisurely and downright boring at times. The remake is much easier on the eyes and ears. There's a hint of snobbism in the putdowns this film gets from some of the more discriminating viewers who cannot forgive whatever changes were made to make the plot line and time frame smoother. A deliberate change in story structure does not make a film inferior to the original.

    A high point of the film is, of course, William Warfield's full-bodied version of "Old Man River" -- just another of the film's memorable musical moments. An MGM musical in the grand tradition--not to be missed.
    7dgz78

    A Tough Musical To Film

    I've been a Showboat fan for a long time. I've seen it live on stage 5 times as well as the 1936 version and the PBS version. After watching the MGM version again on TCM, I decided that it is almost impossible to make a satisfying version of a Showboat movie.

    Its strange to say, but I think "opening up" the stage version took away some of the intimacy a live version has. Showboat's greatness does not come from the standard boy meets girl - boy loses girl - boy gets girl storyline. It comes from the music and on stage a number can start with one guy on the docks lamenting the suffering endured along the Mississippi and end with a chorus of voices singing about Ol Man River. The numbers themselves "open up" to fill the stage. But no movie can do that to the same effect.

    But my biggest problem with this version is the abbreviation of the story and the musical numbers. The songs Kern and Hammerstein wrote deserve to be fleshed out in all their operatic grandeur. The first act contains what I consider the best back to back to back musical numbers in Broadway history with Make Believe - Ol' Man River - Can't Help Lovin Dat Man and the movie rearranges them out of order and only River is fleshed out. Can't Help should be an 8 minute number with the chorus joining in at the end instead of the barely noticed number in the movie.

    Because the music is among the best ever written, it is really hard to make a bad version of Showboat. I'll watch this movie whenever it is on TV but if you really love Showboat, get the EMI 3 CD recording with Frederica Von Stade and Jerry Hadley. And go see it live when you have the chance.
    7bkoganbing

    Spared No Expense

    When MGM acquired the rights to Show Boat for the Arthur Freed unit, no expense was spared in making this one of the most expensive films the studio had ever produced. A whole riverboat was constructed as well as the Natchez landing was completely built on a location on a lake which served as turn of the last century Mississippi river locale.

    No doubt also that Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson sang beautifully together. Those three Jerome Kern ballads, Make Believe, Why Do I Love You? and You Are Love were just written for their voices.

    Ava Gardner is a beautiful and fetching Julia. Annette Warren's dubbing of Julie LaVerne's songs Can't Help Loving That Man and Bill perfectly matched Ava's speaking voice.

    The problem I've always felt with this version is that Howard Keel is too strong a character to be playing Gaylord Ravenal who is essentially a weak personality. Allan Jones in the 1937 version perfectly captured Ravenal's frailty.

    That 1937 version also had two people from the original Broadway production who made those parts all their own, Helen Morgan as Julie and Charles Winninger as Captain Andy. And it had the incomparable Paul Robeson though William Warfield is a fabulous Joe.

    The singing of the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II score is in the major leagues. The rest of the film however is in a minor key when compared with the earlier sound version with Allan Jones and Irene Dunne.
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    gorgeous

    The plot may be changed a little, but it is still wonderful stuff, with a cast to die for. A great weepy love story, some fantastic dance sequences from the Champions, a sweet couple of leading ladies in Grayson and Gardner, and a high dose of comedy along the way. All this and Ol' Man River. The perfect Sunday afternoon wallow.

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    • Wissenswertes
      Director George Sidney had to leave for a few days because of illness, so uncredited associate producer Roger Edens directed the fog-enshrouded "departure" sequence, including William Warfield's performance of "Ol' Man River." That scene has been praised even by critics who hate this version of "Show Boat."
    • Patzer
      In the opening scenes with the calliope player, the keyboard is a contemporary 1950's black console, whereas a period console would have been made of wood, and perhaps elaborately carved and detailed.
    • Zitate

      Cap'n Andy Hawks: It's Saturday night again!

      [He slaps Parthy affectionately on her rear end]

      Parthy: Oh! It's Wednesday night and don't you strike me!

      Cap'n Andy Hawks: It's Saturday night forever!

      Parthy: Yes, and Fourth of July... and Christmas... and

      [imitating Cap'n Andy when he celebrates New Year's Eve]

      Parthy: Hap - - -py New Year!

    • Crazy Credits
      Because some of the lyrics to the song "Cotton Blossom" have been altered by uncredited staff writers in this version of "Show Boat", Oscar Hammerstein II is never actually mentioned as having written the lyrics to the songs, although P.G. Wodehouse IS listed as having written the lyrics to "Bill". (This is only partially correct; only about half of Wodehouse's 1917 lyric to "Bill" was used. The rest of the lyric is by Hammerstein.)
    • Alternative Versionen
      Early preview showings of this film featured Ava Gardner's own singing voice, before the film was officially released with Ava overdubbed by Annette Warren.
    • Verbindungen
      Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      Cotton Blossom
      (1927) (uncredited)

      Music by Jerome Kern

      Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

      Played during the opening credits and sung in first scene

      Sung by Cotton Blossom chorus

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    Details

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 8. April 1952 (Westdeutschland)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Magnolia
    • Drehorte
      • Dunleith Plantation, Natchez, Mississippi, USA
    • Produktionsfirma
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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      • 2.295.429 $ (geschätzt)
    • Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
      • 236 $
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