Show Boat
Harry A. Pollard1929-07-27
Universal's Motion Picture Triumph!
5
146 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Laura La Plante | Magnolia | Unowned |
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Joseph Schildkraut | Gaylord Ravenal | Unowned |
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Emily Fitzroy | Parthenia Ann Hawks | Unowned |
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Otis Harlan | Capt. Andy Hawks | Unowned |
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Alma Rubens | Julie Dozier | Unowned |
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Jack McDonald | Windy | Unowned |
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Jane La Verne | Magnolia as Child / Kim | Unowned |
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Neely Edwards | Schultzy | Unowned |
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Elise Bartlett | Elly | Unowned |
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Stepin Fetchit | Joe | Unowned |
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Jules Bledsoe | Joe [prologue] | Unowned |
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Tess Gardella | Queenie [prologue] | Unowned |
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Carl Laemmle | Himself [prologue] | Unowned |
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Helen Morgan | Julie LaVerne [prologue] | Unowned |
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Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. | Himself [prologue] | Unowned |
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Max Asher | Utility Man | Unowned |
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Matthew Beard | Child | Unowned |
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George Chesebro | Steve Baker | Unowned |
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Jim Coleman | Stagehand | Unowned |
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Claude Collins | Unowned | |
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Carl Herlinger | Wheelsman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Harry Holden | Means | Unowned |
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Gertrude Howard | Queenie | Unowned |
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Theodore Lorch | Frank | Unowned |
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Ralph Yearsley | The Killer | Unowned |