Show Boat

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Show Boat

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

1936

1h 53m

6.7(49 votes)

Music

Romance

Drama

Comedy

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: James Whale
Written by: Oscar Hammerstein II
Produced by: Carl Laemmle Jr.

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