A huge technicolour version of Show Boat that's all gloss and veneer but with little substance. Ava Gardner does not do her own singing which is a big disappointment. Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson do use their own voices, but there is little chemistry between them. William Warfield makes for a great Joe singing Ole Man River, but the movie is an overall disappointment.
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