Show Boat (1929)
Universal's Motion Picture Triumph!
147 min
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
- Release date
- March 16, 1929
- Country of origin
- United States
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
- Jane La Verne as Kim
- Neely Edwards as Schultzy
- Elise Bartlett as Elly
- Stepin Fetchit as Joe
Crew
- Harry A. Pollard · Director
- Edna Ferber · Writer
- Edward J. Montagne · Writer
- Harry A. Pollard · Writer
- Tom Reed · Writer
- Joseph Cherniavsky · Composer
- Gilbert Warrenton · Cinematographer
- Daniel Mandell · Editor
- Maurice Pivar · Editor