Show Boat
“HEAR Glorious New Music and Songs by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II:”
James WhaleCast
Irene Dunne Allan Jones 
Paul Robeson
Credits
Written by: Edna Ferber
Plot
Across forty years on the Mississippi, the daughter of a showboat captain falls in love with a gambler. Based on the musical by Kern and Hammerstein.
Sinekatalog’s take
James Whale's lavish adaptation of the Kern-Hammerstein musical spans decades on the Mississippi. Irene Dunne and Paul Robeson, singing Ol' Man River, give the film its heart in a rich, moving and ambitious classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (4,133 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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