Movie Description
Show Boat
(1929)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
Featured Crew
- Director : Harry A. Pollard
- Writer : Edna Ferber
- Editor : Daniel Mandell
- Cast : Laura La Plante,Joseph Schildkraut,Emily Fitzroy,Otis Harlan,Alma Rubens,Jack McDonald,Jane La Verne,Neely Edwards,Elise Bartlett,Stepin Fetchit,Jules Bledsoe,Tess Gardella,Carl Laemmle,Helen Morgan,Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.,Max Asher,Matthew Beard,George Chesebro,Jim Coleman,Claude Collins,Carl Herlinger,Harry Holden,Gertrude Howard,Theodore Lorch,Ralph Yearsley
Cast
Magnolia
Gaylord Ravenal
Parthenia Ann Hawks
Capt. Andy Hawks
Julie Dozier
Windy
Magnolia as Child / Kim
Schultzy
Elly
Joe
Joe [prologue]
Queenie [prologue]
Himself [prologue]
Julie LaVerne [prologue]
Himself [prologue]
Utility Man
Child
Steve Baker
Stagehand
Wheelsman (uncredited)
Means
Queenie
Frank
The Killer
Posters
Facts
Original TitleShow Boat
Status Released
Release Information
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1929-07-27
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 02h 26m
Production CompaniesUniversal Pictures
Genres
- Drama
