Show Boat

Plot Summary

This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel

Top Cast

Laura La Plante Magnolia

Joseph Schildkraut Gaylord Ravenal

Emily Fitzroy Parthenia Ann Hawks

Otis Harlan Capt. Andy Hawks

Alma Rubens Julie Dozier