Show Boat (1929)

Show Boat (1929)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 1929-07-27 United States of America 146 Min. PG-13
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

Cast

Laura La Plante is Magnolia
Magnolia
Joseph Schildkraut is Gaylord Ravenal
Gaylord Ravenal
Emily Fitzroy is Parthenia Ann Hawks
Parthenia Ann Hawks
Otis Harlan is Capt. Andy Hawks
Capt. Andy Hawks
Alma Rubens is Julie Dozier
Julie Dozier
Jack McDonald is Windy
Windy
Jane La Verne is Magnolia as Child / Kim
Magnolia as Child / Kim
Neely Edwards is Schultzy
Schultzy
Elise Bartlett is Elly
Elly
Stepin Fetchit is Joe
Joe
Jules Bledsoe is Joe [prologue]
Joe [prologue]
Tess Gardella is Queenie [prologue]
Queenie [prologue]
Carl Laemmle is Himself [prologue]
Himself [prologue]
Helen Morgan is Julie LaVerne [prologue]
Julie LaVerne [prologue]
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. is Himself [prologue]
Himself [prologue]
Max Asher is Utility Man
Utility Man
Matthew Beard is Child
Child
George Chesebro is Steve Baker
Steve Baker
Jim Coleman is Stagehand
Stagehand
Claude Collins is
Carl Herlinger is Wheelsman (uncredited)
Wheelsman (uncredited)
Harry Holden is Means
Means
Gertrude Howard is Queenie
Queenie
Theodore Lorch is Frank
Frank
Ralph Yearsley is The Killer
The Killer

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