Show Boat

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

as Magnolia

Joseph Schildkraut

as Gaylord Ravenal

Emily Fitzroy

as Parthenia Ann Hawks

Otis Harlan

as Capt. Andy Hawks

Alma Rubens

as Julie Dozier

Jack McDonald

as Windy

Jane La Verne

as Magnolia as Child / Kim

Neely Edwards

as Schultzy

Elise Bartlett

as Elly

Stepin Fetchit

as Joe

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