About the film
based on play or musical silent film riverboat early sound film
Show Boat
Release Date: July 27, 1929
| Year | : | 1929 |
| Slogan | : | «Universal's Motion Picture Triumph!» |
| Genres | : | Drama |
| Production Companies | : | Universal Pictures |
| Director | : | Harry A. Pollard |
| Producers | : | |
| Writers | : | Edna Ferber, Edward J. Montaigne |
| RunTime | : | 146 mins. |
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
Main Actors
Laura La Plante
Character : Magnolia
Joseph Schildkraut
Character : Gaylord Ravenal
Emily Fitzroy
Character : Parthenia Ann Hawks
Otis Harlan
Character : Capt. Andy Hawks
Alma Rubens
Character : Julie Dozier
Jack McDonald
Character : Windy
Jane La Verne
Character : Magnolia as Child / Kim
Neely Edwards
Character : Schultzy
Elise Bartlett
Character : Elly
Stepin Fetchit
Character : Joe
Jules Bledsoe
Character : Joe [prologue]
Tess Gardella
Character : Queenie [prologue]
Carl Laemmle
Character : Himself [prologue]
Helen Morgan
Character : Julie LaVerne [prologue]
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
Character : Himself [prologue]
Max Asher
Character : Utility Man
Matthew Beard
Character : Child
George Chesebro
Character : Steve Baker
Jim Coleman
Character : Stagehand
Claude Collins
Character :
Carl Herlinger
Character : Wheelsman
Harry Holden
Character : Means
Gertrude Howard
Character : Queenie
Theodore Lorch
Character : Frank
Ralph Yearsley
Character : The Killer
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