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'.
as Jane Witherspoon / Lou Ellen Carter
as Sally Hessler
as Marilyn Miller
as Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
as James I. Hessler
as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
as Bandleader in Elite Club
as Gaylord Ravenal / Tony Martin
as Julia Sanderson / Dinah Shore
as Frank Sinatra
as Jerome Kern
as Dance Specialty
as Dance Specialty
as Charles Frohman
as Oscar Hammerstein II
as London Specialty
as Victor Herbert
as Dance Specialty / George Budd
as Mrs. Muller
as Ellie May Shipley / Virginia O'Brien
as Eva Kern
as Joe (segment "Show Boat")
as Joe Hennessey
as Sally Hessler as a Girl
as Specialty (segment 'The Cat and the Fiddle') (uncredited)
as Specialty (segment 'The Cat and the Fiddle') (uncredited)
as Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)
as Producer (uncredited)
as Stage Door Johnny (uncredited)
as Elite Club Diner (uncredited)
as Ed (uncredited)
as Showgirl (uncredited)
as Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)
as Movie Studio Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
as Esther Williams - Signing Autographs (uncredited)
as Showgirl (uncredited)
as Frohman's Secretary (uncredited)
