Show Boat (1936)
HEAR Glorious New Music and Songs by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II:
Sheltered beauty Magnolia Hawkes takes over as the leading lady on a Mississippi riverboat show when mixed-race Julie and her white husband are forced out of town by a prejudiced sheriff. Charismatic opportunist Gaylord Ravenal wins Magnolia's heart, but his gambling losses threaten to ruin their chances for a happy marriage.
- Date of release
- 1936-05-17
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (51)
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Music, Romance, Drama
- Director
- James Whale
Casting
- Irene Dunne — Magnolia Hawkes
- Allan Jones — Gaylord Ravenal
- Charles Winninger — Cap'n Andy Hawkes
- Paul Robeson — Joe
- Helen Morgan — Julie LaVerne
- Helen Westley — Parthenia "Parthy" Hawkes
- Queenie Smith — Ellie May Chipley
- Sammy White — Frank Schultz
- Donald Cook — Steve Baker
- Hattie McDaniel — Queenie
- Francis X. Mahoney — Rubber Face
- Marilyn Knowlden — Kim as a Child
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