Show Boat (1936 film)
Show Boat is a 1936 romantic musical film directed by James Whale, based on the musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, which in turn was adapted from the novel of the same name by Edna Ferber.Universal Pictures had filmed the part-talkie Show Boat which was released in 1929.
Carl Laemmle, head of Universal, had been deeply dissatisfied with that film, and wanted to make an all-sound version of the musical. It was originally scheduled to be made in 1934, but plans to make this version with Russ Columbo as the gambler Gaylord Ravenal fell through when Columbo was killed that year in a shotgun accident, and production of the film was rescheduled. The film, with several members of the original Broadway cast, began principal photography in late 1935 and was released in 1936.In addition to the songs retained from the stage production, Kern and Hammerstein wrote three additional songs for the film. Two of them were performed in spots previously reserved for songs from the stage production.
Cast
• Irene Dunne as Magnolia Hawks•
Allan Jones as Gaylord Ravenal•
Charles Winninger as Cap’n Andy Hawks•
Paul Robeson as Joe• Helen Morgan as Julie LaVerne•
Helen Westley as Parthenia “Parthy” Hawks•
Queenie Smith as Ellie May Chipley•
Sammy White as Frank Schultz•
Donald Cook as Steve Baker•
Hattie McDaniel as Queenie•
Francis X. Mahoney as Rubber Face Smith•
Marilyn Knowlden as Kim as a child•
Sunnie O’Dea as Kim (at 16)•
Arthur Hohl as Pete•
Charles B. Middleton as Sheriff Ike Vallon•
J. Farrell MacDonald as Windy McClain• Charles C. Wilson as Jim Green•
Clarence Muse as Sam, Doorman at Trocadero•
J. Gunnis Davis as Doctor
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