

Show Boat
DirectorJames Whale
“HEAR Glorious New Music and Songs by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II:”
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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Trailer
SHOW BOAT 1936 Faux Trailer
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
Francis X. Mahoney
Rubber Face

Marilyn Knowlden
Kim as a Child
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