Show Boat
Show Boat

Show Boat

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1929
2h 26m
5.7(3 votes)
Drama

Overview

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

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Cast & Crew

25 members
Acting

Laura La Plante

Magnolia

Laura La Plante
Acting

Joseph Schildkraut

Gaylord Ravenal

Joseph Schildkraut
Acting

Emily Fitzroy

Parthenia Ann Hawks

Emily Fitzroy
Acting

Otis Harlan

Capt. Andy Hawks

Otis Harlan
Acting

Alma Rubens

Julie Dozier

Alma Rubens
Acting

Jack McDonald

Windy

Jack McDonald
Acting

Jane La Verne

Magnolia as Child / Kim

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Acting

Neely Edwards

Schultzy

Neely Edwards
Acting

Elise Bartlett

Elly

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Stepin Fetchit

Joe

Stepin Fetchit
Acting

Jules Bledsoe

Joe [prologue]

Jules Bledsoe
Acting

Tess Gardella

Queenie [prologue]

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Production

Carl Laemmle

Himself [prologue]

Carl Laemmle
Acting

Helen Morgan

Julie LaVerne [prologue]

Helen Morgan
Acting

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

Himself [prologue]

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Acting

Max Asher

Utility Man

Max Asher
Acting

Matthew Beard

Child

Matthew Beard
Acting

George Chesebro

Steve Baker

George Chesebro
Acting

Jim Coleman

Stagehand

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Claude Collins

Unknown Role

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Acting

Carl Herlinger

Wheelsman (uncredited)

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Harry Holden

Means

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Gertrude Howard

Queenie

Gertrude Howard
Acting

Theodore Lorch

Frank

Theodore Lorch
Acting

Ralph Yearsley

The Killer

Ralph Yearsley

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