Show Boat

6.8 1929 146 min
NR
Drama

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…

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Director
Harry A. Pollard
Writer
Edna Ferber
Classification
NR

Cast

The cast behind this title

Laura La Plante Magnolia
Joseph Schildkraut Gaylord Ravenal
Emily Fitzroy Parthenia Ann Hawks
Otis Harlan Capt. Andy Hawks
Alma Rubens Julie Dozier
Jack McDonald Windy
Jane La Verne Magnolia as Child / Kim
Neely Edwards Schultzy
Elise Bartlett Elly
Stepin Fetchit Joe
Jules Bledsoe Joe [prologue]
Tess Gardella Queenie [prologue]
Carl Laemmle Himself [prologue]
Helen Morgan Julie LaVerne [prologue]
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Himself [prologue]
Max Asher Utility Man
Matthew Beard Child
George Chesebro Steve Baker

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