"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" was strongly associated with 1920s [[torch singer]] [[Helen Morgan]], who played Julie in the original 1927 stage production of ''Show Boat'', as well as the 1932 revival and [[Show Boat (1936 film)|the 1936 film version]].<ref>https{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028249/fullcredits/?ref_|title=tt_ov_st_smShow Boat (1936) |website=IMDb.com|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref><ref>https{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0604709/bio?ref_|title=nm_ov_bio_smHelen Morgan|website=IMDb.com|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/Show-Boat-7131/cast.php?showid|title=7131Show {{BareBoat URLOriginal inlineBroadway Cast 1932 | Broadway World|website=Broadwayworld.com|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref> While Morgan was alive, she "owned" the song as much as [[Judy Garland]] owned "[[Over the Rainbow]]" (from ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''). However, Morgan died prematurely in 1941. Her recordings are seldom played or reissued today and her films are infrequently seen. Finally, the 1936 film version of ''Show Boat'' was taken completely out of circulation in 1942<ref>Warner's has recently reissued this version, remastered; initial production will be manufactured DVDs, thereafter it will become a made-on-demand DVD-R.</ref> to make way for [[MGM]]'s 1951 [[remake]], which featured [[Ava Gardner]] as Julie (with singing dubbed by [[Annette Warren]]). Therefore, modern audiences unfamiliar with the 1936 film have most likely never heard Helen Morgan's performance of the song, though various recordings of her singing it are available online.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG8R8oB4eaY] Helen{{dead Morganlink|date=December - Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man 1928]2021}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vakcYAKtqas] Helen{{dead Morgan, Victor Younglink|date=December and the Brunswick Orchestra - Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (1932)]2021}}</ref><ref>[{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPR3X9AjhaU|title=Show Boat - 1936|access-date=16 December 2021|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
The song was performed as a song and [[Tap dance|soft shoe dance]] by actress, singer and dancer [[Jessica Lange]] and actress and dancer [[Drew Barrymore]], accompanied on piano by actor, singer and pianist [[Malcolm Gets]], playing the roles of "Big Edie" [[Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale|Edith Bouvier Beale]] and her daughter "Little Edie" [[Edith Bouvier Beale]] and piano accompanist George Gould Strong, in HBO's 2009 dramatization ''[[Grey Gardens (2009 film)|Grey Gardens]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=''[[Grey Gardens (2009 film)]]'' at |website=IMDb.com|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0758751/ . [[Internet Movie Database]]. Retrieved |access-date=20 May 2021.}}</ref> based on the 1975 documentary ''[[Grey Gardens]]''.
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==Additional Referencesreferences==
* Kreuger, Miles ''Show Boat: The Story of a Classic American Musical'', Oxford, 1977.
