Show Boat (1929)
July 27, 1929Release Date
Show Boat (1929)
July 27, 1929Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Laura La Plante
Magnolia
Joseph Schildkraut
Gaylord Ravenal
Emily Fitzroy
Parthenia Ann Hawks
Alma Rubens
Julie Dozier
Otis Harlan
Capt. Andy Hawks
Jack McDonald
Windy
Harry A. Pollard
Director
Jane La Verne
Magnolia as Child / Kim
Arch Heath
Director
Neely Edwards
Schultzy
Edna Ferber
Writer
Elise Bartlett
Elly
Edward J. Montaigne
Writer
Stepin Fetchit
Joe
Tom Reed
Writer
Joseph Cherniavsky
Composer
Jules Bledsoe
Joe [prologue]
Tess Gardella
Queenie [prologue]
Carl Laemmle
Himself [prologue]
Helen Morgan
Julie LaVerne [prologue]
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
Himself [prologue]
Max Asher
Utility Man
Matthew Beard
Child
George Chesebro
Steve Baker
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Show Boat is a 1929 American pre-Code romantic drama film based on the 1926 novel Show Boat by Edna Ferber. The film initially did not use the 1927 stage musical of the same name as a source, but scenes were later added into the film incorporating two of the songs from the musical as well as other songs. This version was released by Universal in two editions, one a silent film for movie theatres still not equipped for sound, and one a part-talkie with a sound prologue.
The film was long believed to be lost, but most of it has been found and released on LaserDisc and shown on Turner Classic Movies. A number of sections of the soundtrack were found in the mid-1990s on Vitaphone records, although the film was made with a Movietone soundtrack. Two more records were discovered in 2005.