Show Boat (1929)Stream and Watch Online

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Released July 27th, 1929, 'Show Boat' stars Laura La Plante, Joseph Schildkraut, Emily Fitzroy, Otis Harlan The NR movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 26 min, and received a user score of 50 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 2 experienced users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel" .