Show Boat (1936)
Directed by James Whale · 113 min · Music, Romance, Drama
14.3 TOPICAL score · #5,121 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Sheltered beauty Magnolia Hawkes takes over as the leading lady on a Mississippi riverboat show when mixed-race Julie and her white husband are forced out of town by a prejudiced sheriff. Charismatic opportunist Gaylord Ravenal wins Magnolia's heart, but his gambling losses threaten to ruin their chances for a happy marriage.
Show Boat (1936, directed by James Whale) has a TOPICAL score of 14.3 - ranked 5,121 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and audience, and lowest on awards. Audiences: TMDB 6.7/10 (51 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 19 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- AudienceTMDB 6.7/10 (51 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 19 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read6,355 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Irene Dunne (actor #666), Allan Jones (actor #1,944), Charles Winninger (actor #1,958), Paul Robeson