Show Boat (1936)★ 7.4/10
- Comedy
- Drama
- Romance
- Musical
Directed by: James Whale
Written by: Edna Ferber, Oscar Hammerstein II, Zoe Akins
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
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Cast & crew
Irene DunneMagnolia
Allan JonesGaylord Ravenal
Charles WinningerCap'n Andy Hawks
Paul RobesonJoe
Helen MorganJulie
Helen WestleyParthy Ann Hawks
Queenie SmithElly May Chipley
Sammy WhiteFrank Schultz
Donald CookSteve Baker
Hattie McDanielQueenieFrancis X. MahoneyRubber Face
Marilyn KnowldenKim (as a Child)
Sunnie O'DeaKim (at Sixteen)
Arthur HohlPete
Charles MiddletonVallon
J. Farrell MacDonaldWindy
Clarence MuseJanitorMaude AllenFat Woman (uncredited)
Ricca AllenOld Woman (uncredited)William AlstonYoung Man (uncredited)
Eddie 'Rochester' AndersonYoung Black Man (uncredited)
Harry BarrisJake (uncredited)Patricia BarryBaby Kim (uncredited)
May BeattyMrs. O'Brien (uncredited)
Brooks BenedictRace Fan (uncredited)Barbara BletcherFat Girl (uncredited)Mary BovardDaughter (uncredited)
Donald BriggsPress Agent (uncredited)Betty Brown1st Girl (uncredited)
Daisy BuffordMaid in Chicago (uncredited)Ann Bupp (uncredited)
James P. BurtisSoldier (uncredited)
Eddy ChandlerGambler (uncredited)
E.E. CliveLondon Producer (uncredited)
Edmund CobbGambler (uncredited)Maxine CookThin Girl (uncredited)
D'Arcy Corrigan (uncredited)
Grace CunardMother (uncredited)J. Gunnis DavisDoctor at Birth (uncredited)
Anna DemetrioMother (uncredited)
Helen DicksonSmall Role (uncredited)
Jeanette DicksonChorus Girl (uncredited)
Elspeth DudgeonMother Superior (uncredited)
Helen Jerome EddyReporter Interviewing in Rehearsal (uncredited)Kathleen EllisGirl #2 (uncredited)
Al FergusonGambler (uncredited)
Stanley FieldsBackwoodsman with Gun (uncredited)
Flora FinchWoman (uncredited)Artye FolzFat Girl (uncredited)Ruth GivensDancer (uncredited)
June GloryGirl #3 (uncredited)
Dorothy GrangerNew Year's Eve Cutie (uncredited)
Marilyn HarrisLittle Girl (uncredited)Helen HaywardMrs. Brecenbridge (uncredited)
Ernest HilliardRace Fan (uncredited)
Arthur HousmanDrunk (uncredited)Jimmy JacksonYoung Man (uncredited)
Selmer JacksonHotel Clerk (uncredited)Matthew JonesTrocadero Bartender (uncredited)Jane KeckleyMrs. Ewing (uncredited)
Isabel La MalCompanion (uncredited)Jack LathamJuvenile (uncredited)
Melba MarshallDancer (uncredited)
Frank MayoGambler (uncredited)Martha MerrillLong-Legged Girl (uncredited)
Monte MontagueOld Man (uncredited)
Juanita MooreDancer (uncredited)
Jack MulhallRace Fan (uncredited)Harold NelsonPostmaster (uncredited)Georgia O'DellTeacher (uncredited)
Dennis O'KeefeBlackface Dancer (uncredited)Patti PattersonBanjoist (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.Gambler (uncredited)
Barbara PepperNew Year's Eve Cutie (uncredited)Lee PhelpsGambler (uncredited)LeRoy PrinzDance Director at Rehearsal (uncredited)
George ReedOld Black Man (uncredited)
Tom RickettsMinister (uncredited)
Donna Mae RobertsNew Year's Eve Party Guest (uncredited)Louise RobinsonDancer (uncredited)Betty RocheTall Girl (uncredited)Alma RossChorus Girl (uncredited)
Tiny SandfordZebe (uncredited)
Forrest StanleyNew York Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Mary StewartSinger (uncredited)
Nubar TerziyanProfessional (uncredited)Frances TurhamDancer (uncredited)
Maidel TurnerMother (uncredited)Lois VernerSmall Girl (uncredited)
Harold WaldridgeOffice Boy (uncredited)
Marguerite WarnerYoung Girl (uncredited)Billy WatsonBoy (uncredited)
Bobs WatsonWillie Thomas (uncredited)
Delmar WatsonBoy (uncredited)Harry WatsonBoy (uncredited)
Lloyd WhitlockGambler Talking to Sheriff (uncredited)
Renee WhitneyNew Year's Eve Cutie (uncredited)Frank WhitsonDealer (uncredited)
Charles C. WilsonJim Green (uncredited)