Show Boat

Irene Dunne as Magnolia Hawkes Allan Jones as Gaylord Ravenal Charles Winninger as Cap'n Andy Hawkes Paul Robeson as Joe Helen Morgan as Julie LaVerne Helen Westley as Parthenia "Parthy" Hawkes Queenie Smith as Ellie May Chipley Sammy White as Frank Schultz Donald Cook as Steve Baker Hattie McDaniel as Queenie Marilyn Knowlden as Kim as a Child Sunnie O'Dea as Kim - at Sixteen Arthur Hohl as Pete Charles Middleton as Sheriff Ike Vallon Clarence Muse as Sam E. E. Clive as Sir Arthur Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Boonville man speaking film's first line J. Farrell MacDonald as Windy MacLaine Ricca Allen Harry Barris May Beatty Brooks Benedict Mary Bovard Donald Briggs Betty Brown James P. Burtis Eddy Chandler E. E. Clive Edmund Cobb D'Arcy Corrigan Grace Cunard Anna Demetrio Elspeth Dudgeon Helen Jerome Eddy Al Ferguson Stanley Fields Flora Finch Dorothy Granger Marilyn Harris Ernest Hilliard Arthur Housman Selmer Jackson Isabel La Mal Frank Mayo Monte Montague Juanita Moore Jack Mulhall Dennis O'Keefe Edward Peil Sr. Barbara Pepper Lee Phelps George H. Reed Tom Ricketts Tiny Sandford as Zebe (uncredited) Forrest Stanley Mary Stewart Maidel Turner Harold Waldridge Bobs Watson Delmar Watson Lloyd Whitlock Renee Whitney Frank Whitson Charles C. Wilson Neşet Berküren Orhon Murat Arıburnu

Edna Ferber Novel James Whale Director Doris Zinkeisen Costume Design Jack Pierce Makeup Artist Carl Laemmle Jr. Producer Jerome Kern Songs Jerome Kern Music Jerome Kern Theatre Play Jerome Kern Original Music Composer