Show Boat
movie
Universal's Motion Picture Triumph!
Released July 27, 1929
Genres:
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
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
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Jane La Verne
as
Magnolia as Child / Kim
Neely Edwards
as
Schultzy
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Elise Bartlett
as
Elly
Stepin Fetchit
as
Joe
Jules Bledsoe
as
Joe [prologue]
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Tess Gardella
as
Queenie [prologue]
Crew
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Gilbert Warrenton
as
Director of Photography
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Jack Foley
as
Foley Artist
Harry A. Pollard
as
Director
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Oscar Hammerstein II
as
Lyricist
Jerome Kern
as
Songs
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Charles D. Hall
as
Art Direction
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Johanna Mathieson
as
Costume Design
Daniel Mandell
as
Editor
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Edward J. Montaigne
as
Story Supervisor
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Robert Ross
as
Assistant Director
Edna Ferber
as
Writer
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Tom Reed
as
Dialogue Editor