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6.7Despite 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.
Released: 1936-05-17113 minDir: James WhaleMusic, Romance, Drama, Comedy
Cast
- Irene Dunne as Magnolia Hawkes
- Allan Jones as Gaylord Ravenal
- Charles Winninger as Cap'n Andy Hawkes
- Paul Robeson as Joe
- Helen Morgan as Julie LaVerne
- Helen Westley as Parthenia "Parthy" Hawkes
Themes
- new year's eve
- mississippi river
- musical
- showboat
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
3,782 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
88/100
- Year
- 1936
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Musical
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Show Boat
- Main subject
- gambling
- Director
- James Whale
- Screenwriter
- Edna Ferber
- Cast member
- Tiny Sandford
- Composer
- Jerome Kern
- Producer
- Carl Laemmle Jr.
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- John J. Mescall
- Duration
- 115
- FilmAffinity ID
- 542833
- Image
- Irene Dunne-John Mescall in Show Boat.jpg
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- Commons category
- Show Boat (1936 film)
- publication date
- 1936-01-01
- title
- Show Boat
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Charles D. Hall
- after a work by
- Edna Ferber
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- film editor
- Bernard W. Burton
- costume designer
- Doris Zinkeisen
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