Show Boat (1936)
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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. Director:James Whale |
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Cast
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| Irene Dunne | ... | ||
| Allan Jones | ... | ||
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Charles Winninger | ... | |
| Paul Robeson | ... | ||
| Helen Morgan | ... | ||
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Helen Westley | ... | |
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Queenie Smith | ... | |
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Sammy White | ... | |
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Donald Cook | ... | |
| Hattie McDaniel | ... | ||
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Francis X. Mahoney | ... |
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| Marilyn Knowlden | ... | ||
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Sunnie O'Dea | ... | |
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Arthur Hohl | ... | |
| Charles Middleton | ... | ||
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Storyline
Adaptation of the Broadway musical. Magnolia Hawks is the lovely but protected, and thus very naive, daughter of Cap'n Andy Hawks, the genial proprietor of a show boat that cruises the Missisippi, and his nagging wife, Parthy. She is best friends with the show boat's star, Julie LaVerne, but Julie and her husband Steve are forced to leave when it is revealed that Julie has "Negro" blood in her, thereby breaking the state law by being married to the white Steve. Magnolia replaces Julie as the show boat's female star, and the show's new male star is the suave gambler Gaylord Ravenal. "Nola" and Gaylord fall in love and marry against Parthy's wishes. They and their young daughter lead the high life when Gaylord is lucky in gambling, but live like dirt when he's unlucky. During one such unlucky streak, a broken Gaylord leaves Nola, and she is forced to start over by returning to the stage... Written by Tommy Peter
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Love | Song | Showboat | Father Daughter Relationship | Male Female Relationship | See more »Taglines:
Here Comes the Grand and Glorious "Show Boat" (version of 1936) See more »Parents Guide:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Edna Ferber's Show Boat See more »Filming Locations:
Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Noiseless Western Electric Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Julie: [half-drunk] I don't feel like singin'.
Jim Green: Oh, don't you? What DO you feel like doing, Duchess?
Julie: I feel like going off on a tear!
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(1927) (uncredited)
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Sung by Allan Jones See more »
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: At the end of "Ol' Man River", Joe smiles while his and the male chorus's voices linger for about three seconds on the soundtrack. See more »Quotes
Jim Green: Julie, let's hear the new song, will you?Julie: [half-drunk] I don't feel like singin'.
Jim Green: Oh, don't you? What DO you feel like doing, Duchess?
Julie: I feel like going off on a tear!
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Crazy Credits
The rights to this film were bought by M-G-M in 1942, so all prints shown on TV until the mid 1990's had the roaring lion logo at the beginning. However, despite having bought the rights, M-G-M retained Universal Pictures' spinning globe for the "The End: A Universal Picture" credit at the film's close. See more »Soundtracks
"Where's the Mate for Me?"(1927) (uncredited)
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Sung by Allan Jones See more »
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