Show Boat
Universal's Motion Picture Triumph!
1929 | 146m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Harry A. Pollard |
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| Writer: | Edna Ferber |
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| 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: | Jul 27, 1929 |
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| Director: | Harry A. Pollard |
| Writer: | Edna Ferber |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | based on play or musical, silent film, riverboat, early sound film |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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] |
| Carl Laemmle | Himself [prologue] |
| Helen Morgan | Julie LaVerne [prologue] |
| Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. | Himself [prologue] |
| Max Asher | Utility Man |
| Matthew Beard | Child |
| George Chesebro | Steve Baker |
| Jim Coleman | Stagehand |
| Claude Collins | |
| Carl Herlinger | Wheelsman (uncredited) |
| Harry Holden | Means |
| Gertrude Howard | Queenie |
| Theodore Lorch | Frank |
| Ralph Yearsley | The Killer |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Harry A. Pollard | Dialogue Editor, Director |
| Edna Ferber | Writer |
| Daniel Mandell | Editor |
| Jerome Kern | Songs |
| Oscar Hammerstein II | Lyricist |
| Edward J. Montaigne | Story Supervisor |
| Tom Reed | Dialogue Editor |
| Joseph Cherniavsky | Music |
| Charles D. Hall | Art Direction |
| Johanna Mathieson | Costume Design |
| Robert Ross | Assistant Director |
| Gilbert Warrenton | Director of Photography |
| Jack Foley | Foley Artist |
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