Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.
Jane Witherspoon / Lou Ellen Carter
Sally Hessler
Marilyn Miller
Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
James I. Hessler
Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Bandleader in Elite Club
Gaylord Ravenal / Tony Martin
Julia Sanderson / Dinah Shore
Frank Sinatra
Jerome Kern
Dance Specialty
Charles Frohman
Oscar Hammerstein II
London Specialty
Victor Herbert
Dance Specialty / George Budd
Mrs. Muller
Ellie May Shipley / Virginia O'Brien
Eva Kern
Joe (segment "Show Boat")
Joe Hennessey
Sally Hessler as a Girl
