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3171:Films based on American novels
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2101:Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1607:AFI Catalog of Feature Films
1498:"1929 Showboat Discs Found"
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1801:The Eddy Duchin Story
1041:The Los Angeles Times
1017:Show Boat (1936 film)
1012:Show Boat (1929 film)
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487:as Ellie Mae Shipley
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1949:Little Nellie Kelly
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481:as Cap'n Andy Hawks
413:When the show boat
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2559:Our Mrs. McChesney
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1941:Strike Up the Band
1825:Who Was That Lady?
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1665:Pacific Rendezvous
1643:Films directed by
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1280:The New York Times
1248:Just Making Movies
1199:Trailers From Hell
1108:Walker, Lawrence.
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