Show Boat

1929, drama

146 minutes

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...

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Cast

Laura La Plante

Laura La Plante

Magnolia

Joseph Schildkraut

Joseph Schildkraut

Gaylord Ravenal

Emily Fitzroy

Emily Fitzroy

Parthenia Ann Hawks

Otis Harlan

Otis Harlan

Capt. Andy Hawks

Alma Rubens

Alma Rubens

Julie Dozier

Jane La Verne

Magnolia as Child / Kim

Neely Edwards

Schultzy

Jules Bledsoe

Joe [prologue]

Tess Gardella

Queenie [prologue]

Carl Laemmle

Carl Laemmle

Himself [prologue]

Helen Morgan

Helen Morgan

Julie LaVerne [prologue]

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

Himself [prologue]

Max Asher

Max Asher

Utility Man

George Chesebro

George Chesebro

Steve Baker

Jim Coleman

Stagehand

Carl Herlinger

Wheelsman

Harry Holden

Means

Gertrude Howard

Queenie

Ralph Yearsley

The Killer

Crew

Art

Charles D. Hall

Art direction

Camera

Costume and make-up

Johanna Mathieson

Costume design

Directing

Harry A. Pollard

Harry A. Pollard

Director

Editing

Sound

Tom Reed

Dialogue editor

Harry A. Pollard

Harry A. Pollard

Dialogue editor

Writing

Edna Ferber

Writer

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