---
title: 'Show Boat (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Whale'
released: '1936-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/show-boat-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028249/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Show Boat (1936)

1936 · 115 min · Music · United States


## Synopsis

Show Boat is a 1936 American romantic musical film directed by James Whale, based on the 1927 musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, which in turn was adapted from the 1926 novel of the same name by Edna Ferber.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Whale](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-whale)
- **Screenplay:** [Zoë Akins](https://cinepixo.com/people/zoe-akins), [Edna Ferber](https://cinepixo.com/people/edna-ferber), [Oscar Hammerstein II](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-hammerstein-ii)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerome Kern](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerome-kern)
- **Producer:** [Carl Laemmle Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-laemmle-jr)
- **Director of Photography:** [John J. Mescall](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-j-mescall)
- **Editor:** [Bernard W. Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-w-burton)

## Cast

- [Clarence Muse](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-muse)
- [Eddy Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddy-chandler)
- [Charles Middleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-middleton)
- [Forrest Stanley](https://cinepixo.com/people/forrest-stanley)
- [Edward Peil](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-peil)
- [Grace Cunard](https://cinepixo.com/people/grace-cunard)
- [Al Ferguson](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-ferguson)
- [Charles Winninger](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-winninger)
- [Marilyn Knowlden](https://cinepixo.com/people/marilyn-knowlden)
- [Queenie Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/queenie-smith)
- [Tiny Sandford](https://cinepixo.com/people/tiny-sandford)
- [Tom Ricketts](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-ricketts)
- [May Beatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/may-beatty)
- [Eddie "Rochester" Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-rochester-anderson)
- [LeRoy Prinz](https://cinepixo.com/people/leroy-prinz)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/show-boat-1936
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