Show Boat (1936)
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1936 · NR · 1h 53m · Music, Romance, Drama
Genres: Music, Romance, Drama
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.
Director: James Whale
Writers: Edna Ferber, Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by: Jerome Kern
Cinematography: John J. Mescall
Editor: Bernard W. Burton, Ted J. Kent
Budget: $1M · Rated 6.7/10 by 51 viewers
Cast
Irene Dunne as Magnolia HawkesAllan Jones as Gaylord RavenalCharles Winninger as Cap'n Andy HawkesPaul Robeson as JoeHelen Morgan as Julie LaVerneHelen Westley as Parthenia "Parthy" HawkesQueenie Smith as Ellie May ChipleySammy White as Frank SchultzDonald Cook as Steve BakerHattie McDaniel as QueenieFrancis X. Mahoney as Rubber FaceMarilyn Knowlden as Kim as a ChildMore like this
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