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Show Boat( 1929)

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Overview

This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel

    Top Billed Cast

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      Laura La Plante

      Magnolia

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      Joseph Schildkraut

      Gaylord Ravenal

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      Emily Fitzroy

      Parthenia Ann Hawks

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      Otis Harlan

      Capt. Andy Hawks

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      Alma Rubens

      Julie Dozier

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      Jack McDonald

      Windy

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      Jane La Verne

      Magnolia as Child / Kim

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      Neely Edwards

      Schultzy

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      Elise Bartlett

      Elly

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      Stepin Fetchit

      Joe

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      Jules Bledsoe

      Joe [prologue]

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      Tess Gardella

      Queenie [prologue]

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      Carl Laemmle

      Himself [prologue]

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      Helen Morgan

      Julie LaVerne [prologue]

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      Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

      Himself [prologue]

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      Max Asher

      Utility Man

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      Matthew Beard

      Child

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      George Chesebro

      Steve Baker

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      Jim Coleman

      Stagehand

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      Claude Collins

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      Carl Herlinger

      Wheelsman (uncredited)

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      Harry Holden

      Means

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      Gertrude Howard

      Queenie

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      Theodore Lorch

      Frank

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      Ralph Yearsley

      The Killer

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • based on play or musical
    • silent film
    • riverboat
    • early sound film