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6.2A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.
Released: 1951-07-19107 minDir: George SidneyMusic, Romance, DramaBudget: $2.3MBox office: $11.0M
Cast
- Kathryn Grayson as Magnolia Hawks
- Ava Gardner as Julie LaVerne
- Howard Keel as Gaylord Ravenal
- Joe E. Brown as Cap'n Andy Hawks
- Marge Champion as Ellie May Shipley
- Gower Champion as Frank Schultz
Themes
- grandparent grandchild relationship
- musical
- based on play or musical
- interracial relationship
- riverboat
- reconciliation
- showboat
- miscegenation
- paddlewheel boat
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Show Boat
- Main subject
- seamanship
- Director
- George Sidney
- Screenwriter
- George Wells
- Composer
- Jerome Kern
- Producer
- Roger Edens
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Man Ray
- Duration
- 110
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Kathryn Grayson in Show Boat trailer.jpg
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- Commons category
- Show Boat (1951 film)
- publication date
- 1951-01-01
- title
- Show Boat
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- film editor
- John Dunning
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Edna Ferber
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- costume designer
- Walter Plunkett
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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