Show Boat (1929)
Universal's Motion Picture Triumph!
1929 · NR · 2h 26m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Harry A. Pollard
Writers: Edna Ferber
Music by: Joseph Cherniavsky
Cinematography: Gilbert Warrenton
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Cast
Laura La Plante as MagnoliaJoseph Schildkraut as Gaylord RavenalEmily Fitzroy as Parthenia Ann HawksOtis Harlan as Capt. Andy HawksAlma Rubens as Julie DozierJack McDonald as WindyJane La Verne as Magnolia as Child / KimNeely Edwards as SchultzyElise Bartlett as EllyStepin Fetchit as JoeJules Bledsoe as Joe [prologue]Tess Gardella as Queenie [prologue]More like this
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