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Show Boat (1936)
1h 56m | Musical | TCM
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Director: James Whale
Cast: Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Helen Westley, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, Donald Cook, Sammy White, Queenie Smith, J. MacDonald, Arthur Hohl
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.
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