Showboat

Great classic song in a classic movie.  Got hooked last night and had to watch to the end.  This was the original version from 1936.  It is considered a masterpiece, and one of the best adaptations from a stage play ever.  The racial and interracial themes are pretty amazing for this time.  Pretty choppy by today's standards, and the acting is....interesting, but somehow is totally compelling.  I wanted to add one of my favorite songs, "Lovin' Dat Man of Mine", but they disabled the embedding on youtube, so you will just have to go to this link instead:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5WEQ8j1Me0

There are like a million versions of this on youtube, so take your pick from Annie Lennox to Ella Fitzgerald or Barbra Streisand.  Also, you get to see Hattie McDaniel in an early movie.

Now sleep deprived and with a headache I have tasks to do.  Have a good day.