Show Boat
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Rating: 6.7 out of 10TMDB(51 votes)
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Made on a $1.19M budget
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Based on
Based on Show Boat
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Music
Music by Jerome Kern
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Cinematography
Cinematography by John J. Mescall
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Edna FerberNovel
- Oscar Hammerstein IIScreenplay, Book
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 17, 1936
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.2M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Irene DunneMagnolia Hawkes
Allan JonesGaylord Ravenal
Charles WinningerCap'n Andy Hawkes
Paul RobesonJoe
Helen MorganJulie LaVerne
Helen WestleyParthenia "Parthy" Hawkes
Queenie SmithEllie May Chipley
Sammy WhiteFrank Schultz
Donald CookSteve Baker
Hattie McDanielQueenie- Francis X. MahoneyRubber Face
Marilyn KnowldenKim as a Child
Sunnie O'DeaKim - at Sixteen
Arthur HohlPete
Charles MiddletonSheriff Ike Vallon
Clarence MuseSam
E. E. CliveSir Arthur
Eddie 'Rochester' AndersonBoonville man speaking film's first line
J. Farrell MacDonaldWindy MacLaine- Maude Allen
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