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- Show Boat
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- (JANUARY 9, 1928)
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- Show Boat. Edna Ferber fashioned for herself one of the
- happiest New Years in New York. In the same week a play of hers
- (The Royal Family) started what seemed to be her first great
- success in the theater, and Florenz Ziegfeld's musical comedy
- made from her novel established itself magnificently as the best
- of its kind in town. She did not write the songs and jokes, but
- the librettist held closely to her basic story. the floating
- theatre on the Mississippi made a perfect background; Negro
- singers helped the melodies. These tunes were by Jerome David
- Kern, written at his best. Unlimited chorus girls and superbly
- competent principals (there is no star) added full value.
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