Shiftless lifeless no good

Description: 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.

Cast:
Magnolia: Irene Dunne
Gaylord Ravenal: Allan Jones
Cap'n Andy Hawks: Charles Winninger
Joe: Paul Robeson
Julie: Helen Morgan
Parthy Ann Hawks: Helen Westley
Elly May Chipley: Queenie Smith
Frank Schultz: Sammy White
Steve Baker: Donald Cook
Queenie: Hattie McDaniel
Rubber Face: Francis X. Mahoney
Kim (as a Child): Marilyn Knowlden
Kim (at Sixteen): Sunnie O'Dea
Pete: Arthur Hohl
Vallon: Charles Middleton
Windy: J. Farrell MacDonald
Janitor: Clarence Muse
Fat Woman: Maude Allen
Old Woman: Ricca Allen
Young Man: Jimmy Jackson
Young Black Man: Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Jake - Pianist: Harry Barris
Kim Ravenal as a Baby: Patricia Barry
Mrs. O' Brien: May Beatty
Race Fan: Jack Mulhall
Fat Girl: Artye Folz
Daughter: Mary Bovard
Press Agent: Donald Briggs
First Girl: Betty Brown
Maid in Chicago: Daisy Bufford
Minor Role: Ann Bupp
Soldier: James P. Burtis
Gambler: Lee Phelps
London Producer: E.E. Clive
Thin Girl: Maxine Cook
Small Role: Helen Dickson
Mother: Maidel Turner
Doctor at Kim's Birth: J. Gunnis Davis
Chorus Girl: Alma Ross
Mother Superior: Elspeth Dudgeon
Reporter Interviewing in Rehearsal: Helen Jerome Eddy
Girl #2: Kathleen Ellis
Backwoodsman with Gun: Stanley Fields
Woman: Flora Finch
Girl #3: June Glory
New Year's Eve Cutie: Renee Whitney
Little Girl: Marilyn Harris
Mrs. Brecenbridge: Helen Hayward
Drunk: Arthur Housman
Hotel Clerk: Selmer Jackson
Bartender at Trocadero: Matthew Jones
Mrs. Ewing: Jane Keckley
Companion: Isabel La Mal
Juvenile: Jack Latham
Long-Legged Girl: Martha Merrill
Old Man: Monte Montague
Postmaster: Harold Nelson
School Teacher: Georgia O'Dell
Blackface Dancer: Dennis O'Keefe
Banjo Player: Patti Patterson
Dance Director at Rehearsal: LeRoy Prinz
Old Black Man: George Reed
Minister: Tom Ricketts
New Year's Eve Party Extra: Donna Mae Roberts
Tall Girl: Betty Roche
Zebe - Backwoodsman: Tiny Sandford
New York Theatre Manager: Forrest Stanley
Singer: Mary Stewart
Small Girl: Lois Verner
Office Boy: Harold Waldridge
Young Girl: Marguerite Warner
Boy: Harry Watson
Willie Thomas: Bobs Watson
Gambler Speaking to Sheriff: Lloyd Whitlock
Dealer: Frank Whitson
Jim Green: Charles C. Wilson

Written by: Edna Ferber, Oscar Hammerstein II, Zoe Akins

Director: James Whale

Production: Universal Pictures

Release date: 17 May 1936