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Show Boat (1929) Poster

(1929)

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Directed by 

Harry A. Pollard
Arch Heath ... (prologue) (uncredited)

Writing Credits  

Edna Ferber ... (by)
 
Edward J. Montaigne ... (story supervisor)
 
Harry A. Pollard ... (dialogue arranger) (as Harry Pollard) and
Tom Reed ... (dialogue arranger)
 
Tom Reed ... (titles)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete  

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 Jane La Verne ... Magnolia as Child / Kim
Neely Edwards ... Schultzy
Elise Bartlett ... Elly
Stepin Fetchit ... Joe
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jules Bledsoe Jules Bledsoe ... Joe [prologue]
Tess Gardella ... Queenie [prologue] (as Aunt Jemima)
Bettye Junod Bettye Junod ... Perfomer
Carl Laemmle ... Carl Laemmle [prologue]
Helen Morgan ... Julie LaVerne [prologue]
Plantation Singers Plantation Singers ... Offscreen chorus
Dixie Jubilee Singers Dixie Jubilee Singers ... Themselves [prologue] (as Jubilee Chorus)
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. ... Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. [prologue]
Max Asher ... Utility Man (uncredited)
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard ... Child (uncredited)
The Bilbrew Chorus The Bilbrew Chorus ... Singers (uncredited)
George Chesebro ... Steve Baker (uncredited)
Jim Coleman Jim Coleman ... Stagehand (uncredited)
Claude Collins Claude Collins ... Perfomer (uncredited)
Carl Herlinger Carl Herlinger ... Wheelsman (uncredited)
Harry Holden Harry Holden ... Means (uncredited)
Gertrude Howard Gertrude Howard ... Queenie (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch ... Frank (uncredited)
Carolynne Snowden Carolynne Snowden ... Chicago Hotel Maid (uncredited)
Ralph Yearsley Ralph Yearsley ... The Killer (uncredited)

Produced by 

Carl Laemmle Jr. ... producer (uncredited)

Music by 

Joseph Cherniavsky ... (score)

Cinematography by 

Gilbert Warrenton

Editing by 

Daniel Mandell ... film editor

Art Direction by 

Charles D. Hall

Costume Design by 

Johanna Mathieson ... (costumes)

Makeup Department 

Jane Rene ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Robert Ross ... assistant director

Sound Department 

Joseph Cherniavsky ... synchronisation
C. Roy Hunter ... recording supervisor
Jack Foley ... foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by 

Frank H. Booth ... special effects photographer (uncredited)

Editorial Department 

Maurice Pivar ... supervising film editor

Music Department 

Victor Baravalle ... conductor: prologue
Robert Russell Bennett ... orchestrator: prologue
Oscar Hammerstein II ... music: stage production
Jerome Kern ... music: stage production
Jules Bledsoe ... singing voice: Stepin Fetchit (uncredited)
Eva Olivetti ... singing voice: Laura La Plante (uncredited)
Will Vodery ... music arranger: vocals, prologue only (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department 

Charles Kenyon ... continuity

Additional Crew 

Carl Laemmle ... presenter
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. ... producer: stage play (as Florenz Ziegfeld)
Crew verified as complete

See also

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