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(1920s) Show Boat
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1920s Highlights
Theater
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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Show Boat
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<p>(JANUARY 9, 1928)
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<p> 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.</p>
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