Movie

Show Boat

★ 6.8/10 · 4 votes 1929 2h 26m Released

Drama

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

Cast

Laura La Plante Magnolia Joseph Schildkraut Gaylord Ravenal Emily Fitzroy Parthenia Ann Hawks Otis Harlan Capt. Andy Hawks Alma Rubens Julie Dozier Jack McDonald Windy