Show Boat

1929 "Universal's Motion Picture Triumph!"
Show Boat
6.1| 2h26m| NR| en| Drama
Storyline

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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Universal Pictures

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  • Show Boat Cast
Laura La Plante as Magnolia
Joseph Schildkraut as Gaylord Ravenal
Emily Fitzroy as Parthenia Ann Hawks
Otis Harlan as Capt. Andy Hawks
Alma Rubens as Julie Dozier
Jack McDonald as Windy
Neely Edwards as Schultzy
Jules Bledsoe as Joe [prologue]