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Show Boat

19295.0 / 10146 min
Drama

Overview

Universal's Motion Picture Triumph!

This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel

Cast

Laura La Plante

Laura La Plante

Magnolia

Joseph Schildkraut

Joseph Schildkraut

Gaylord Ravenal

Emily Fitzroy

Emily Fitzroy

Parthenia Ann Hawks

Otis Harlan

Otis Harlan

Capt. Andy Hawks

Alma Rubens

Alma Rubens

Julie Dozier

Jack McDonald

Jack McDonald

Windy

Jane La Verne

Jane La Verne

Magnolia as Child / Kim

Neely Edwards

Neely Edwards

Schultzy

Elise Bartlett

Elise Bartlett

Elly

Stepin Fetchit

Stepin Fetchit

Joe

Jules Bledsoe

Jules Bledsoe

Joe [prologue]

Tess Gardella

Tess Gardella

Queenie [prologue]

Carl Laemmle

Carl Laemmle

Himself [prologue]

Helen Morgan

Helen Morgan

Julie LaVerne [prologue]

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

Himself [prologue]

Max Asher

Max Asher

Utility Man

Matthew Beard

Matthew Beard

Child

George Chesebro

George Chesebro

Steve Baker

Jim Coleman

Jim Coleman

Stagehand

Claude Collins

Claude Collins

Carl Herlinger

Carl Herlinger

Wheelsman (uncredited)

Harry Holden

Harry Holden

Means

Gertrude Howard

Gertrude Howard

Queenie

Theodore Lorch

Theodore Lorch

Frank

Ralph Yearsley

Ralph Yearsley

The Killer

Crew

Gilbert Warrenton

Gilbert Warrenton

Director of Photography

Jack Foley

Jack Foley

Foley Artist

Harry A. Pollard

Harry A. Pollard

Director

Oscar Hammerstein II

Oscar Hammerstein II

Lyricist

Jerome Kern

Jerome Kern

Songs

Charles D. Hall

Charles D. Hall

Art Direction

Johanna Mathieson

Johanna Mathieson

Costume Design

Daniel Mandell

Daniel Mandell

Editor

Edward J. Montaigne

Edward J. Montaigne

Story Supervisor

Robert Ross

Robert Ross

Assistant Director

Edna Ferber

Edna Ferber

Writer

Tom Reed

Tom Reed

Dialogue Editor

Joseph Cherniavsky

Joseph Cherniavsky

Music

Harry A. Pollard

Harry A. Pollard

Dialogue Editor