Show Boat (1951) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Show Boat is a 1951 American musical romantic drama film, based on the 1927 stage musical of the same name by Jerome Kern (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (script and lyrics), and the 1926 novel by Edna Ferber.

Show Boat: Directed by George Sidney. With Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown. The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairy tale romance is threatened after his luck turns sour.

A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.

Magnolia Hawks, Captain Andy Hawks' daughter, becomes the new show boat attraction, and her leading man is Gaylord Ravenal, a gambler. The two instantly fall in love, and marry without Parthy...

Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber 's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat, over 40 years from 1887 to 1927.

A Mississippi riverboat captain's daughter (Irene Dunne) marries a roving gambler (Allan Jones).

The fiercely protective mother of Magnolia and stern New England-born wife of Cap’n Andy, Parthy Hawks doesn’t like show business and suffers no fools or dissent. Though she is stern at times, her love comes through in her care and concern for her daughter and grandchild, whom she loves very much.

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A Mississippi riverboat captain's daughter (Irene Dunne) marries a roving gambler (Allan Jones).