Show Boat

Synopsis

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

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

Jane La Verne

Magnolia as Child / Kim

Neely Edwards

Schultzy

Elise Bartlett

Elly

Stepin Fetchit

Joe

Jules Bledsoe

Joe [prologue]

Tess Gardella

Queenie [prologue]