The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic88/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
50 audience votes
Key crew
- James WhaleDirector
- Oscar Hammerstein IIScreenplay
- Jerome KernOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Irene DunneMagnolia Hawkes
- Allan JonesGaylord Ravenal
- Charles WinningerCap'n Andy Hawkes
- Paul RobesonJoe
- Helen MorganJulie LaVerne
- Helen WestleyParthenia "Parthy" Hawkes
- Queenie SmithEllie May Chipley
- Sammy WhiteFrank Schultz
- Donald CookSteve Baker
- Hattie McDanielQueenie
- Francis X. MahoneyRubber Face
- Marilyn KnowldenKim as a Child
Stills
Themes
new year's evemississippi rivermusicalshowboat