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Show Boat

Harry A. Pollard

1929 • 2h 26m

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...

Show Boat

Cast

Laura La Plante

Laura La PlanteMagnolia

Joseph Schildkraut

Joseph SchildkrautGaylord Ravenal

Emily Fitzroy

Emily FitzroyParthenia Ann Hawks

Otis Harlan

Otis HarlanCapt. Andy Hawks

Alma Rubens

Alma RubensJulie Dozier

Jack McDonald

Jack McDonaldWindy

Jane La VerneMagnolia as Child / Kim

Neely Edwards

Neely EdwardsSchultzy

Elise BartlettElly

Stepin Fetchit

Stepin FetchitJoe

Jules Bledsoe

Jules BledsoeJoe [prologue]

Tess GardellaQueenie [prologue]

Carl Laemmle

Carl LaemmleHimself [prologue]

Helen Morgan

Helen MorganJulie LaVerne [prologue]

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.Himself [prologue]

Crew

Harry A. Pollard

Harry A. PollardDirector

Oscar Hammerstein II

Oscar Hammerstein IILyricist

Jerome Kern

Jerome KernSongs

Edna Ferber

Edna FerberWriter

Daniel Mandell

Daniel MandellEditor

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