Review: Show Boat (1936)

Director: James Whale

Cast: Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan,

Irene Dunne

Allan Jones

Charles Winninger

Paul Robeson

Helen Morgan

Plot: 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.

James Whale’s <i>Show Boat</i> (1936): music and race in Golden Age Hollywood

James Whale’s Show Boat (1936): music and race in Golden Age Hollywood

Although now he’s best-known for his four witty Gothic horror movies – Frankenstein, The Old Dark House, The Invisible Man and Bride of Frankenstein – Show Boat (1936) is arguably James Whale’s crowning achievement as a […]

Review: Show Boat (1936)

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