The All Talking, All Singing, All Dancing Show (TV Movie 1973)
Clips shownPaul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (Short 1979)
Musical Comedy Tonight III (TV Special 1985)
Clips from this film are shown.The Show Boat Story (TV Movie 1989)
"American Experience" Midnight Ramble (TV Episode 1994)
Show-Boat (1929)
A brief shot of children running toward the river landing as the show boat arrives was shown in the 1936 film version.
Le grand Ziegfeld (1936)
Mon homme Godfrey (1936)
At one point, Godfrey and Tommy Gray are looking at the polluted stream in the garbage dump, and Gray asks, "What's that?" Godfrey replies, "Oh, that? That's Ol' Man River", a reference to the song from the musical "Show Boat", which Universal also filmed in 1936.The Naughty Nineties (1945)
The opening scene showing the show boat in the distance; also the arrival and introduction of the players spoofs the introduction of the players in "Show Boat".- During one of his daydreams, in a nod to "Show Boat"'s Gaylord Ravenal, Mitty imagines himself as Gaylord Mitty, a riverboat gambler. During one of the songs, Mitty utters the line "Tote dat barge, lift dat veil", a deliberate misquote from the song "Ol' Man River".
Mississippi Hare (Short 1949)
Tempest and Sunshine (1916)
Captain Spanky's Show Boat (Short 1939)
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Coonskin (1974)
Godfather mockingly sings part of "Ol' Man River" from this musical.- Parodied as "Riverboat".
- Rickles does his impression of the song "Ol' Man River" when joking about being a Mississippi barge.
Show-Boat (1929)
Show Boat (1951)
"Great Performances" Show Boat (TV Episode 1989)
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