Show Boat (1929)

Directors

Arch Heath, Harry A. Pollard, Robbie Baldwin Ross

Cast

Alma Rubens, Carl Laemmle, Emily Fitzroy, Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., Helen Morgan, Jack McDonald, Joseph Schildkraut, Laura La Plante, Otis Harlan, Stepin Fetchit

The story

thumb|left|thumbtime=8:43|The full movie The eighteen-year-old Magnolia meets, falls in love with, and elopes with riverboat gambler Gaylord Ravenal. After her father Captain Andy dies, Magnolia, Ravenal, and their daughter Kim leave the boat and go to live in Chicago, where they live off Ravenal's gambling earnings and are alternately rich and poor. Finally, Parthy announces she is coming to visit at a time when Ravenal is completely broke, and, fearing her wrath, he abandons Magnolia and Kim, after which Magnolia finds a job singing at a local club and eventually becomes famous.

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