Show Boat
“HEAR Glorious New Music and Songs by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II:”
1936•NR•1h 53m•6.7•Released
MusicRomanceDramaComedy
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.
Director
James Whale
Writer
Oscar Hammerstein II
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Irene Dunne
Magnolia Hawkes
Allan Jones
Gaylord Ravenal
Charles Winninger
Cap'n Andy Hawkes
Paul Robeson
Joe
Helen Morgan
Julie LaVerne
Helen Westley
Parthenia "Parthy" Hawkes
Queenie Smith
Ellie May Chipley
Sammy White
Frank Schultz
Donald Cook
Steve Baker
Hattie McDaniel
Queenie
Francis X. Mahoney
Rubber Face
Marilyn Knowlden
Kim as a Child
Sunnie O'Dea
Kim - at Sixteen
Arthur Hohl
Pete
Charles Middleton
Sheriff Ike Vallon
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Producer
Carl Laemmle Jr.
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