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Show Boat is a 1929 American pre-Code sound part-talkie romantic drama film based on the 1926 novel Show Boat by Edna Ferber. The film initially did not use the 1927 stage musical of the same name as a source, but scenes were later added into the film incorporating two of the songs from the musical as well as other songs.
Show Boat: Directed by Harry A. Pollard, Arch Heath. With Laura La Plante, Joseph Schildkraut, Emily Fitzroy, Otis Harlan. A mostly silent version of Edna Ferber's original novel, with some songs from the musical as a last-minute addition.
Show Boat is a film directed by Harry A. Pollard, Arch Heath with Laura La Plante, Joseph Schildkraut, Emily Fitzroy, Otis Harlan .... Year: 1929. Original title: Show Boat. Synopsis: The film begins with Magnolia, daughter of Captain Andy Hawks and his domineering wife Parthy, enjoying her childhood aboard her father's show boat.
Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat, over 40 years from 1887 to 1927.
Show Boat (1929) directed by Harry A. Pollard • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd. 1929 Directed by Harry A. Pollard. Universal’s Motion Picture Triumph! This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel.
Overview. 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.
Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. First screen version of the classic musical about romance among the musical performers on a Mississippi showboat. Cast & Crew. Read More. Harry Pollard. Director. Helen Morgan. Jules Bledsoe. Tess "aunt Jemima" Gardella. The Jubilee Singers. Carl Laemmle. Film Details. Genre. Musical.
