Show Boat

May 17, 1936

1h 53m

★ 6.7

HEAR Glorious New Music and Songs by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II:

Overview

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.

Genres

Music

Romance

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Show Boat Trailers

Cast

Magnolia Hawkes

Irene Dunne

Gaylord Ravenal

Allan Jones

Cap'n Andy Hawkes

Charles Winninger

Joe

Paul Robeson

Julie LaVerne

Helen Morgan

Parthenia "Parthy" Hawkes

Helen Westley

Ellie May Chipley

Queenie Smith

Frank Schultz

Sammy White

Steve Baker

Donald Cook

Queenie

Hattie McDaniel

Rubber Face

Francis X. Mahoney

Kim as a Child

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