---
title: 'Show Boat (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Harry A. Pollard'
released: '1929-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/show-boat-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020402/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Show Boat (1929)

1929 · Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Show Boat is a 1929 American pre-Code sound part-talkie romantic drama film based on the 1926 novel Show Boat by Edna Ferber. The film initially did not use the 1927 stage musical of the same name as a source, but scenes were later added into the film incorporating two of the songs from the musical as well as other songs. Many of these songs from the stage show were featured in a special prologue that was added to the picture before it was released. This film was produced and released by Universal. Like the majority of films during the early sound era, a silent version was made for movie theatres that had not yet converted to sound.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Carl Laemmle](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-laemmle), [Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/florenz-ziegfeld-jr)
- **Director:** [Harry A. Pollard](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-a-pollard), [Robbie Baldwin Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/robbie-baldwin-ross), [Arch Heath](https://cinepixo.com/people/arch-heath)
- **Screenplay:** [Harry A. Pollard](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-a-pollard)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerome Kern](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerome-kern)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gilbert Warrenton](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-warrenton)
- **Editor:** [Daniel Mandell](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-mandell)

## Cast

- [Emily Fitzroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/emily-fitzroy)
- [Helen Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-morgan)
- [Carl Laemmle](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-laemmle)
- [Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/florenz-ziegfeld-jr)
- [Joseph Schildkraut](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-schildkraut)
- [Jack McDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mcdonald)
- [Laura La Plante](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-la-plante)
- [Alma Rubens](https://cinepixo.com/people/alma-rubens)
- [Stepin Fetchit](https://cinepixo.com/people/stepin-fetchit)
- [Otis Harlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/otis-harlan)

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