Watch Show Boat (1929) Official Trailer
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6.8 / 10 IMDb July 27, 1929 2h 26m
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
Director
Runtime
2h 26m
Release Date
July 27, 1929
Genre
Drama
Status
Released
Languages
No Language
Country
United States of America
Writers
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
No photo
Jane La Verne
as Magnolia as Child / Kim
Neely Edwards
as Schultzy
No photo
Elise Bartlett
as Elly
Stepin Fetchit
as Joe
Jules Bledsoe
as Joe [prologue]
No photo
Tess Gardella
as Queenie [prologue]
Carl Laemmle
as Himself [prologue]
Helen Morgan
as Julie LaVerne [prologue]
No photo
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
as Himself [prologue]
Max Asher
as Utility Man
Matthew Beard
as Child
George Chesebro
as Steve Baker
No photo
Jim Coleman
as Stagehand
No photo
Claude Collins
Production Companies
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