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    Show Boat

    Poster of the movie Show Boat
    1936     Romantic comedy    
    USA
    1h 53min

    Based on Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Broadway hit, this musical spans four decades in the lives of performers on a Mississippi river boat. Sheltered beauty Magnolia Hawks (Irene Dunne) takes over as the show's leading lady when mulatto Julie (Helen Morgan) and her white husband are forced out of town by a narrow-minded sheriff. Charismatic opportunist Gaylord Ravenal (Allan Jones) wins Magnolia's heart, but his gambling losses threaten to ruin their chances for a happy marriage.

    Directed byJames Whale
    Written byOscar Hammerstein II
    CompanyUniversal PicturesUniversal PicturesUniversal Pictures

    Starring

    Irene Dunne
    Allan Jones
    Hattie McDaniel
    + MORE

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