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  • Show Boat (1936)
  • Approved
    113 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Show Boat (1936)
Approved
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

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
Writers
Edna Ferber (novel) | Oscar Hammerstein II (stage play) (screen play)
Producer
Cinematographer
Editors
Bernard W. Burton (as Bernard Burton) | Ted J. Kent (as Ted Kent)
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Status
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Updated May 14, 1936

Release date
May 17, 1936 (United States)

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98 cast members
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Irene Dunne
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Allan Jones
Gaylord Ravenal Gaylord Ravenal   See fewer
Charles Winninger
Cap'n Andy Hawks Cap'n Andy Hawks   See fewer
Helen Westley
Parthy Ann Hawks Parthy Ann Hawks   See fewer
Queenie Smith
Elly May Chipley Elly May Chipley   See fewer
Sammy White
Frank Schultz Frank Schultz   See fewer
Donald Cook
Steve Baker Steve Baker   See fewer
Hattie McDaniel
Queenie Queenie   See fewer
Francis X. Mahoney
Rubber Face Rubber Face   See fewer
Marilyn Knowlden
Kim (as a Child) Kim (as a Child)   See fewer
Sunnie O'Dea
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Clarence Muse
Janitor Janitor   See fewer
Maude Allen
Fat Woman (uncredited) Fat Woman (uncredited)   See fewer
Ricca Allen
Old Woman (uncredited) Old Woman (uncredited)   See fewer
William Alston
Young Man (uncredited) Young Man (uncredited)   See fewer
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
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Harry Barris
Jake (uncredited) Jake (uncredited)   See fewer
Patricia Barry
Baby Kim (uncredited) Baby Kim (uncredited)   See fewer
May Beatty
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Brooks Benedict
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Barbara Bletcher
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Mary Bovard
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Donald Briggs
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Betty Brown
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Daisy Bufford
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Ann Bupp
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James P. Burtis
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Eddy Chandler
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E.E. Clive
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Edmund Cobb
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Maxine Cook
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D'Arcy Corrigan
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Grace Cunard
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J. Gunnis Davis
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Anna Demetrio
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Helen Dickson
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Jeanette Dickson
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Elspeth Dudgeon
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Helen Jerome Eddy
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Kathleen Ellis
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Al Ferguson
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Stanley Fields
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Flora Finch
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Artye Folz
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Ruth Givens
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June Glory
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Dorothy Granger
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Marilyn Harris
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Helen Hayward
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Ernest Hilliard
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Arthur Housman
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Jimmy Jackson
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Selmer Jackson
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Matthew Jones
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Jane Keckley
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Isabel La Mal
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Jack Latham
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Frank Mayo
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Martha Merrill
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Monte Montague
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Juanita Moore
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Jack Mulhall
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Harold Nelson
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Georgia O'Dell
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Dennis O'Keefe
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Patti Patterson
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Edward Peil Sr.
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Barbara Pepper
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Lee Phelps
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LeRoy Prinz
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George Reed
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Tom Ricketts
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Donna Mae Roberts
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Louise Robinson
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Betty Roche
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Alma Ross
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Tiny Sandford
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Forrest Stanley
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Mary Stewart
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Frances Turham
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Maidel Turner
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Lois Verner
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Harold Waldridge
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Marguerite Warner
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Delmar Watson
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Harry Watson
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Lloyd Whitlock
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