Show Boat
HEAR Glorious New Music and Songs by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II:
6.7(49) 1936-05-17 113 minMusicRomanceDramaComedy
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
DirectorJames Whale
ScreenplayOscar Hammerstein II
ProducerCarl Laemmle Jr.
Original Music ComposerJerome Kern
Cast & characters
Irene Dunne
as Magnolia Hawkes
Allan Jones
as Gaylord Ravenal
Charles Winninger
as Cap'n Andy Hawkes
Paul Robeson
as Joe
Helen Morgan
as Julie LaVerne
Helen Westley
as Parthenia "Parthy" Hawkes
Queenie Smith
as Ellie May Chipley
Sammy White
as Frank Schultz
Donald Cook
as Steve Baker
Hattie McDaniel
as Queenie
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Francis X. Mahoney
as Rubber Face
Marilyn Knowlden
as Kim as a Child
Sunnie O'Dea
as Kim - at Sixteen
Arthur Hohl
as Pete
Charles Middleton
as Sheriff Ike Vallon
Clarence Muse
as Sam
E. E. Clive
as Sir Arthur
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
as Boonville man speaking film's first line
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Windy MacLaine
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Maude Allen
as —
Ricca Allen
as —
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William Alston
as —
Harry Barris
as —
May Beatty
as —
