Show Boat (1929)

1929 · Feature film · 146 min · dir. Harry A. Pollard

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• Drama

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Synopsis

This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book: *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel

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Details

Director

Harry A. Pollard

Writer

Edna Ferber

Cinematography

Gilbert Warrenton

Studio

Universal Pictures

Released

1929-07-27

Running time

146 minutes

Cast & crew

• Harry A. Pollard Director
• Laura La Plante
• Joseph Schildkraut
• Emily Fitzroy
• Otis Harlan
• Alma Rubens
• Jack McDonald
• JJane La Verne
• Neely Edwards

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