If you loved Anchors Aweigh, try Show Boat

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by George Sidney, and they both carry the cozy mood tag, and they sit in Music / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Anchors Aweigh, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Show Boat is

Here's a film unafraid to ask: what if Oklahoma! but on a boat? Gambler Gaylord Ravenal falls for Magnolia Hawks, whose mother and father run the Cotton Blossom show boat. It's a reasonably sturdy, undeniably stagey, MGM musical.

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