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Show Boat

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

19361h 53mNR 6.7/ 10

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.

Cast

  • Irene DunneMagnolia Hawkes
  • Allan JonesGaylord Ravenal
  • Charles WinningerCap'n Andy Hawkes
  • Paul RobesonJoe
  • Helen MorganJulie LaVerne
  • Helen WestleyParthenia "Parthy" Hawkes
  • Queenie SmithEllie May Chipley
  • Sammy WhiteFrank Schultz
  • Donald CookSteve Baker
  • Hattie McDanielQueenie
  • F
    Francis X. MahoneyRubber Face
  • Marilyn KnowldenKim as a Child
  • Sunnie O'DeaKim - at Sixteen
  • Arthur HohlPete
  • Charles MiddletonSheriff Ike Vallon
  • Clarence MuseSam

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