Show Boat [237067] Released: 1929-07-27 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 146 mins Popularity: 0.5624 Vote Average: 5 Vote Count: 2 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. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel Cast [25] Laura La PlanteMagnolia Joseph SchildkrautGaylord Ravenal Emily FitzroyParthenia Ann Hawks Otis HarlanCapt. Andy Hawks Alma RubensJulie Dozier Jack McDonaldWindy Jane La VerneMagnolia as Child / Neely EdwardsSchultzy Elise BartlettElly Stepin FetchitJoe Jules BledsoeJoe [prologue] Tess GardellaQueenie [prologue] Carl LaemmleHimself [prologue] Helen MorganJulie LaVerne [prolo Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.Himself [prologue] Max AsherUtility Man Matthew BeardChild George ChesebroSteve Baker Jim ColemanStagehand Claude Collins Carl HerlingerWheelsman Harry HoldenMeans Gertrude HowardQueenie Theodore LorchFrank Ralph YearsleyThe Killer Trailers