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Show Boat

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

James Whale

Year

Genre

comedy, drama, musical

Box Office

N/A

Production

Universal Pictures

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Magnolia

Gaylord Ravenal

Cap'n Andy Hawks

Charles Winninger

Joe

Julie

Parthy Ann Hawks

Elly May Chipley

Frank Schultz

Steve Baker

Queenie

Hattie McDaniel

Rubber Face

Francis X. Mahoney

Kim (as a Child)

Marilyn Knowlden

Kim (at Sixteen)

Pete

Vallon

Charles Middleton

Windy

J. Farrell MacDonald

Janitor

Fat Woman

Old Woman

Young Man

Young Black Man

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Jake - Pianist

Kim Ravenal as a Baby

Mrs. O' Brien

Race Fan

Brooks Benedict

Fat Girl

Barbara Bletcher

Daughter

Press Agent

First Girl

Maid in Chicago

Minor Role

Soldier

James P. Burtis

Gambler

London Producer

Gambler

Thin Girl

Small Role

D'Arcy Corrigan

Mother

Doctor at Kim's Birth

J. Gunnis Davis

Mother

Small Role

Chorus Girl

Jeanette Dickson

Mother Superior

Elspeth Dudgeon

Reporter Interviewing in Rehearsal

Helen Jerome Eddy

Girl #2

Gambler

Backwoodsman with Gun

Woman

Fat Girl

Girl #3

New Year's Eve Cutie

Dorothy Granger

Little Girl

Mrs. Brecenbridge

Race Fan

Ernest Hilliard

Drunk

Young Man

Hotel Clerk

Bartender at Trocadero

Mrs. Ewing

Companion

Juvenile

Gambler

Long-Legged Girl

Old Man

Race Fan

Postmaster

School Teacher

Blackface Dancer

Banjo Player

Patti Patterson

Gambler

Edward Peil Sr.

New Year's Eve Cutie

Gambler

Dance Director at Rehearsal

Old Black Man

Minister

New Year's Eve Party Extra

Donna Mae Roberts

Tall Girl

Chorus Girl

Zebe - Backwoodsman

New York Theatre Manager

Forrest Stanley

Singer

Mother

Small Girl

Office Boy

Harold Waldridge

Young Girl

Marguerite Warner

Boy

Willie Thomas

Boy

Boy

Gambler Speaking to Sheriff

New Year's Eve Cutie

Dealer

Jim Green

Charles C. Wilson

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Joe Queenie Young Black Man Cap'n Andy Hawks Julie Chorus Girl Gaylord Ravenal Kim As A Child Mother Little Girl Magnolia Jim Green Pete Ellie May Chipley Doctor At Kim's Birth New Year's Eve Cutie Jake - Pianist Rubber Face Backwoodsman With Gun

Gosh almighty, woman, what's eatin' ya? - Show Boat

Gosh almighty, woman, what's eatin' ya?

And now, folks, as soon as we tie up, - Show Boat

And now, folks, as soon as we tie up,

So here we are, folks,
just one big, happy family. - Show Boat

So here we are, folks, just one big, happy family.

Ravenal! - Show Boat

The judge'd like to see you. - Show Boat

The judge'd like to see you.

Why are you always draggin' them big feet like they's chunks of lead - Show Boat

Why are you always draggin' them big feet like...

I believe you de laziest man dat evah lived on dis river - Show Boat

I believe you de laziest man dat evah lived on dis river

Ask Miss Julie what she thinks - Show Boat

Ask Miss Julie what she thinks

But Ol' Man River - Show Boat

But Ol' Man River

Darkies all work on de Mississippi - Show Boat

Darkies all work on de Mississippi

Once a girl like you starts to love a man - Show Boat

Once a girl like you starts to love a man

Love is such a funny thing - Show Boat

Love is such a funny thing

How come you all know that song - Show Boat

How come you all know that song

Dat's my fa vo right song - Show Boat

Dat's my fa vo right song

He can be happy wid jes' a sip of gin - Show Boat

He can be happy wid jes' a sip of gin

Look at that gal sugar - Show Boat

Look at that gal sugar

Can't help lovin' dat man of mine - Show Boat

Can't help lovin' dat man of mine

Why that's Miss Julie LaVerne - Show Boat

Why that's Miss Julie LaVerne

You got that rubber face - Show Boat

You got that rubber face

I have an unpleasant duty - Show Boat

I have an unpleasant duty

Darkies all work while the white men play - Show Boat

Darkies all work while the white men play

Your Pop was white - Show Boat

Your Pop was white

You wouldn't call a man a white man that had Negro blood in him - Show Boat

You wouldn't call a man a white man that had Negro...

Well i've seen fairer men than you - Show Boat

Well i've seen fairer men than you

But from now on it's your business and not mine - Show Boat

But from now on it's your business and not mine

Now what's the trouble - Show Boat

Now what's the trouble

I'm a ravenal Gaylord ravenal is my name - Show Boat

I'm a ravenal Gaylord ravenal is my name

If you can play the parts to my satisfaction - Show Boat

If you can play the parts to my satisfaction

We don't usually pick up actors off the wharves - Show Boat

We don't usually pick up actors off the wharves

Julie! Julie! - Show Boat

Don't look back - Show Boat

Don't look back

Did you understand the moral of the play - Show Boat

Did you understand the moral of the play

Well they make love on the stage and it rings true - Show Boat

Well they make love on the stage and it rings true

Uh — - Show Boat

It seems to me I've seen that stocking some place - Show Boat

It seems to me I've seen that stocking some place

Isn't it a beautiful night? - Show Boat

Isn't it a beautiful night?

Oh, you came. I was afraid you wouldn't. - Show Boat

Oh, you came. I was afraid you wouldn't.

Nola? - Show Boat

That's what he is - Show Boat

That's what he is

And show you Napoleon's tomb - Show Boat

And show you Napoleon's tomb

Seeing's how this is the first show we ever seed - Show Boat

Seeing's how this is the first show we ever seed

Excuse me sir but this is confederate money - Show Boat

Excuse me sir but this is confederate money

I want my mama! - Show Boat

I want my mama!

This is a man's world - Show Boat

This is a man's world

All right, Nolie. - Show Boat

All right, Nolie.

There's the bell - Show Boat

There's the bell

To think that after my first marriage
with that drunken beast, - Show Boat

To think that after my first marriage with that drunken beas...

Gay wouldn't let her - Show Boat

Gay wouldn't let her

Let go of my husband's knee - Show Boat

Let go of my husband's knee

- Rubber Face.
- How are you, Cap'n Andy? - Show Boat

- Rubber Face. - How are you, Cap'n Andy?

Are you an actress - Show Boat

Are you an actress

He's a murderer - Show Boat

He's a murderer

They're going to be married - Show Boat

They're going to be married

I now pronounce you man and wife. - Show Boat

I now pronounce you man and wife.

♪ He just keeps rollin' ♪ - Show Boat

♪ He just keeps rollin' ♪

Dere you go again - Show Boat

Dere you go again

She'll be all right - Show Boat

She'll be all right

I just shell them peas - Show Boat

I just shell them peas

No matter what you say - Show Boat

No matter what you say

Shiftless lifeless no good - Show Boat

Shiftless lifeless no good

Fine time to sing - Show Boat

Fine time to sing

- She's sleeping.
- That's what her mother should be doing. - Show Boat

- She's sleeping. - That's what her mother should ...

Cootchy cootchy... - Show Boat

Cootchy cootchy...

- Good morning.
- Good morning. - Show Boat

- Good morning. - Good morning.

Gay, you're wonderful. - Show Boat

Gay, you're wonderful.

You're wonderful - Show Boat

You're wonderful

Gay just can't lose - Show Boat

Gay just can't lose

I don't care if I ever see him again as long as I live - Show Boat

I don't care if I ever see him again as long as I live

What's the matter - Show Boat

What's the matter

I can't imagine it now - Show Boat

I can't imagine it now

I never complained - Show Boat

I never complained

Who cares if my boat goes upstream - Show Boat

Who cares if my boat goes upstream

Where'd you get that gold brooch - Show Boat

Where'd you get that gold brooch

Her class has gone in. - Show Boat

Her class has gone in.

Say, where're you goin'? - Show Boat

Say, where're you goin'?

All right, Jake. Call 'em at 12:00. - Show Boat

All right, Jake. Call 'em at 12:00.

Let's hear the new song - Show Boat

Let's hear the new song

I used to dream that i would discover - Show Boat

I used to dream that i would discover

I can't explain - Show Boat

I can't explain

Queer how a woman goes to pieces over a man - Show Boat

Queer how a woman goes to pieces over a man

I got a girl i want you to hear sing - Show Boat

I got a girl i want you to hear sing

I'd like to sing for you - Show Boat

I'd like to sing for you

Ah why didn't ya stop her - Show Boat

Ah why didn't ya stop her

Not a nursemaid - Show Boat

Not a nursemaid

Her personality is all right - Show Boat

Her personality is all right

Good for nothin' - Show Boat

Good for nothin'

Hello, Pop. - Show Boat

That was Parthenia - Show Boat

That was Parthenia

Four quarts of Mumm's Extra. - Show Boat

Four quarts of Mumm's Extra.

And when you're gone - Show Boat

And when you're gone

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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.

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Director: James Whale

Writer: Edna Ferber, Oscar Hammerstein II, Zoe Akins

Production: Universal Pictures

Genre: comedy, drama, musical

Year: 1936

MetaScore: 88/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 17 May 1936

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

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