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Show Boat

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

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Show Boat — Plot

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. Charismatic opportunist Gaylord Ravenal wins Magnolia's heart, but his gambling losses threaten to ruin their chances for a happy marriage.

  • Release date
  • May 17, 1936
  • Runtime
  • 113 min
  • Genres
  • Music, Romance, Drama
  • Director
  • James Whale

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Show Boat — Cast

Irene Dunne photo Irene Dunne Magnolia Hawkes Allan Jones photo Allan Jones Gaylord Ravenal Charles Winninger photo Charles Winninger Cap'n Andy Hawkes Paul Robeson photo Paul Robeson Joe Helen Morgan photo Helen Morgan Julie LaVerne Helen Westley photo Helen Westley Parthenia "Parthy" Hawkes Queenie Smith photo Queenie Smith Ellie May Chipley Sammy White photo Sammy White Frank Schultz

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