Show Boat (1936)

6.7/10 113 min Music Romance Drama Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Irene Dunne

Magnolia Hawkes

Allan Jones

Gaylord Ravenal

Charles Winninger

Cap'n Andy Hawkes

Paul Robeson

Joe

Helen Morgan

Julie LaVerne

Helen Westley

Parthenia "Parthy" Hawkes

Queenie Smith

Ellie May Chipley

Sammy White

Frank Schultz

Donald Cook

Steve Baker

Hattie McDaniel

Queenie

Marilyn Knowlden

Kim as a Child

Sunnie O'Dea

Kim - at Sixteen

Arthur Hohl

Pete

Charles Middleton

Sheriff Ike Vallon

Clarence Muse

Sam

E. E. Clive

Sir Arthur

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Boonville man speaking film's first line

J. Farrell MacDonald

Windy MacLaine

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