Show Boat (1951)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Magnolia Hawks

      Kathryn Grayson

    • Julie LaVerne

      Ava Gardner

    • Gaylord Ravenal

      Howard Keel

    • Captain Andy Hawks

      Joe E. Brown

    • Ellie May Shipley

      Marge Champion

    • Frank Schultz

      Gower Champion

    • Stephen Baker

      Robert Sterling

    • Parthy Hawks

      Agnes Moorehead

    • Pete

      Erickson, Lief

    • Joe

      William Warfield

    • [Cameo McQueen]

      Adele Jergens

    • [Sheriff Ike Vallon]

      Regis Toomey

    • [Queenie]

      Frances Williams

    • [Mark Hallson]

      Frank Wilcox

    • [Windy McClain]

      Owen Mcgiveney

    • [Herman]

      Chick Chandler

    • [Jake Green]

      Emory Parnell

    • [Kim]

      Sheila Clark

    • [drunken sport]

      Ian Macdonald

    • [Troc piano player]

      Fuzzy Knight

    • [George, calliope player]

      Norman Leavitt

    • [show boat cast member]

      Anne Dore

    • [show boat cast member]

      Christina Lind

    • [show boat cast member]

      Lyn Wilde

    • [show boat cast member]

      Marietta Elliott

    • [show boat cast member]

      Joyce Jameson

    • [show boat cast member]

      Bette Arlen

    • [show boat cast member]

      Helen Kimbell

    • [show boat cast member]

      Tao Porchon

    • [show boat cast member]

      Mitzi Uehlein

    • [show boat cast member]

      Judy Landon

    • [show boat cast member]

      Nova Dale

    • [show boat cast member]

      Mary Jane French

    • [show boat cast member]

      Marilyn Kinsley

    • [show boat cast member]

      Alice Markham

    • [show boat cast member]

      Michael Dugan

    • [show boat cast member]

      Robert Fortier

    • [show boat cast member]

      George Ford

    • [show boat cast member]

      Casse Jaeger

    • [show boat cast member]

      Boyd Ackerman

    • [show boat cast member]

      Roy Damron

    • [show boat cast member]

      Joseph Roach

    • [dealer]

      George Lynn

    • [black man]

      Melford Jones

    • [Dabney]

      Louis Mercier

    • [Renee]

      Lisa Ferraday

    • [croupier]

      Peter Camlin

    • [player]

      Gil Perkins

    • [hotel manager]

      Edward Keane

    • [trainer]

      George Sherwood

    • [bellboy]

      Tom Irish

    • [elevator operator]

      Allan Ray

    • [bellhop]

      Bobbie Stebbins

    • [hotel clerk]

      John Crawford

    • [doorman]

      Jim Pierce

    • [landlady]

      Marjorie Wood

    • [girl]

      Carol Brewster

    • [man with Julie]

      William Tannen

    • [seamstress]

      Anna Q. Nilsson

    • [cutie]

      Sue Casey

    • [cutie]

      Meredith Leeds

    • [cutie]

      Jean Romaine

    • [drunk]

      Bert Roach

    • [doctor]

      Frank Dae

    • [piano player]

      Harry Seymour

    • [bouncer]

      William Hall

    • [bartender]

      Earle Hodgins

    • [deckhand]

      Dan Foster

    • [little old lady]

      Ida Moore

    • [headwaiter]

      Alphonse Martell

    • [.]

      Al Rhein

    • [.]

      Charles Regan

    • [.]

      Carl Sklover

    • [.]

      Len Hendry

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      George Sidney

    • [Assistant Director]

      George Rhein

    Production:

    • ©/Produced by

      Loew's Incorporated

    • Made by

      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    • Produced by

      Arthur Freed

    • Associate Producer

      Ben Feiner Jr

    Writing:

    • Screen Play by

      John Lee Mahin

    • Based on the Immortal Musical Play by

      Jerome Kern

    • Based on the Immortal Musical Play by

      Oscar Hammerstein II

    • From Edna Ferber's Novel

      Edna Ferber

    Photography:

    • Director of Photography

      Charles Rosher

    • Technicolor Color Consultant

      Henri Jaffa

    • Technicolor Color Consultant

      James Gooch

    Special Effects:

    • Special Effects

      Warren Newcombe

    • Montage Sequences by

      Peter Ballbusch

    Editing:

    • Film Editor

      John Dunning

    Design:

    • Art Director

      Cedric Gibbons

    • Art Director

      Jack Martin Smith

    • Set Decorations

      Edwin B. Willis

    • Associate [Set Decorator]

      Pefferle, Richard A.

    Costumes:

    • Costumes by

      Walter Plunkett

    Make-up:

    • Make-up Created by

      William Tuttle

    • Hair Styles Designed by

      Sydney Guilaroff

    Music:

    • Lyrics for "Bill" by

      P.G. Wodehouse

    • [Ava Gardner's Singing Voice Double]

      Annette Warren

    • Musical Direction

      Adolph Deutsch

    • Orchestrations

      Conrad Salinger

    • Additional Orchestrations by

      Alexander Courage

    • Vocal Arrangements

      Robert Tucker

    Choreography:

    • Dances by

      Robert Alton

    Sound:

    • Recording Supervisor

      Douglas Shearer

    • Sound System

      Western Electric