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Show Boat (1936)

HEAR Glorious New Music and Songs by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II:

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Sheltered beauty Magnolia Hawkes takes over as the leading lady on a Mississippi riverboat show when mixed-race Julie and her white husband are forced out of town by a prejudiced sheriff. Charismatic opportunist Gaylord Ravenal wins Magnolia's heart, but his gambling losses threaten to ruin their chances for a happy marriage.

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Cast

  • Irene Dunne Irene Dunne Magnolia Hawkes
  • Allan Jones Allan Jones Gaylord Ravenal
  • Charles Winninger Charles Winninger Cap'n Andy Hawkes
  • Paul Robeson Paul Robeson Joe
  • Helen Morgan Helen Morgan Julie LaVerne
  • Helen Westley Helen Westley Parthenia "Parthy" Hawkes
  • Queenie Smith Queenie Smith Ellie May Chipley
  • Sammy White Sammy White Frank Schultz
  • Donald Cook Donald Cook Steve Baker
  • Hattie McDaniel Hattie McDaniel Queenie
  • Francis X. Mahoney Rubber Face
  • Marilyn Knowlden Marilyn Knowlden Kim as a Child
  • Sunnie O'Dea Sunnie O'Dea Kim - at Sixteen
  • Arthur Hohl Arthur Hohl Pete
  • Charles Middleton Charles Middleton Sheriff Ike Vallon
  • Clarence Muse Clarence Muse Sam
  • E. E. Clive E. E. Clive Sir Arthur
  • Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Boonville man speaking film's first line

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