Show Boat
7.4
“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.
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Cast
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Irene Dunne
Magnolia Hawkes
Known for
The Awful Truth
Love Affair
Allan Jones
Gaylord Ravenal
Known for
A Night at the Opera
A Day at the Races
Charles Winninger
Cap'n Andy Hawkes
Known for
The Sun Shines Bright
Destry Rides Again
Paul Robeson
Joe
Also in
Body and Soul
King Solomon's Mines
Helen Morgan
Julie LaVerne
Also in
Applause
Marie Galante
Helen Westley
Parthenia "Parthy" Hawkes
Known for
Heidi
All This, and Heaven Too
Queenie Smith
Ellie May Chipley
Known for
Foul Play
Sleep, My Love
Sammy White
Frank Schultz
Known for
Pat and Mike
The Bad and the Beautiful
Donald Cook
Steve Baker
Known for
The Public Enemy
Baby Face
Hattie McDaniel
Queenie
Known for
Gone with the Wind
Song of the South
Francis X. Mahoney
Rubber Face
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Marilyn Knowlden
Kim as a Child
Known for
Angels with Dirty Faces
Les Misérables
James Whale Director · Oscar Hammerstein II Screenplay Edna Ferber Author
Budget $1.2M · United States release May 17, 1936 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$1,194,943
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 14, 1936
Premiere · New York City
United States · May 17, 1936
Theatrical
France
July 16, 1936 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 5, 1936 · Theatrical
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