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A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.
Language
Budget$2,300,000
Revenue $11,000,000
English
Budget$2,300,000
Revenue $11,000,000
Keywords
grandparent grandchild relationship
musical
based on play or musical
interracial relationship
riverboat
reconciliation
showboat
miscegenation
paddlewheel boat
Casts
Kathryn Grayson
Magnolia Hawks
Ava Gardner
Julie LaVerne
Howard Keel
Gaylord Ravenal
Joe E. Brown
Cap'n Andy Hawks
Marge Champion
Ellie May Shipley
Gower Champion
Frank Schultz
Robert Sterling
Steven Baker
Agnes Moorehead
Parthy Hawks
Leif Erickson
Pete
William Warfield
Joe
Linda Christian
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Racetrack spectator (uncredited)
Adele Jergens
Cameo McQueen (uncredited)
Anna Q. Nilsson
Seamstress (uncredited)
Bert Roach
Drunk (uncredited)
Regis Toomey
Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited)
Dorothy Tuttle
Dancer (uncredited)
Chick Chandler
Trocadero Stage Assistant (uncredited)
Roy Damron
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
George the Calliope Player (uncredited)
Louis Mercier
Dabney - Poker Player (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Jake Green (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Gambler Mark Hallson (uncredited)
George Ford
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Robert Fortier
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Crews
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction
John D. Dunning
Editor
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Sydney Guilaroff
Hair Designer
William Tuttle
Makeup Designer
George Sidney
Director
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
Jerome Kern
Theatre Play
Oscar Hammerstein II
Theatre Play
Edna Ferber
Novel
Charles Rosher
Director of Photography
Arthur Freed
Producer
Jerome Kern
Songs
Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyricist
George Rhein
Assistant Director
Jerome Kern
Original Music Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II
Book
Backdrops & Posters
