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  1. Show Boat is a 1936 American romantic musical film directed by James Whale, based on the 1927 musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, which in turn was adapted from the 1926 novel of the same name by Edna Ferber.

  2. Show Boat: Directed by James Whale. With Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson. Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.

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    • Comedy, Drama, Musical
    • James Whale
    • 1936-05-17
  3. Show Boat (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Young Girls Like Us... Magnolia (Irene Dunne) leads the cast (Queenie Smith, Allan Jones, Sammy White, et al) through mishaps and intrusions from a patron (Stanley Fields) in James Whale's Show Boat, 1936, from the Edna Ferber novel.

    • James Whale
    • Irene Dunne
  4. Show Boat. Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein IIs immortal musical adaptation of Edna Ferbers sprawling novel receives its most faithful and enduring cinematic treatment under the elegant direction of James Whale.

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  5. Dec 27, 2023 · Adaptation of the Broadway musical. Magnolia Hawks is the lovely but protected, and thus very naive, daughter of Cap'n Andy Hawks, the genial proprietor of a show boat that cruises the Missisippi, and his nagging wife, Parthy.

    • 113 min
    • 62
    • dyhome
  6. As the film begins, the Cotton Palace, a show boat on the Mississippi River, pulls into port. On board are the owner Cap'n Andy Hawks, his nagging, disapproving wife Parthy, and their eighteen-year old daughter Magnolia, along with their troupe of actors, singers, and dancers.

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  8. Overview. Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady. James Whale. Director. Edna Ferber. Novel. Oscar Hammerstein II. Screenplay.