Show Boat (1929) is a film based on the novel by Edna Ferber. This version was released by Universal in two editions, one a silent film for movie theatres still not equipped for sound, and one a part-talkie with a prologue. The storyline follows the book rather closely, with the significant exception of the racial angle present in virtually all other adaptations of the novel, including the famous 1927 Broadway musical version and the film version...
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Show Boat (1929) is a film based on the novel by Edna Ferber. This version was released by Universal in two editions, one a silent film for movie theatres still not equipped for sound, and one a part-talkie with a prologue. The storyline follows the book rather closely, with the significant exception of the racial angle present in virtually all other adaptations of the novel, including the famous 1927 Broadway musical version and the film versions of the musical, made in 1936 and 1951. (Some live radio adaptations of the musical would also omit or heavily alter the racial angle.)
The 1929 film was long believed to be lost, but apparently large chunks of it still exist, and have been shown on Turner Classic Movies. There have been recent claims that long-missing parts of the soundtrack have been discovered on old Vitaphone records although the film was made with a Movietone soundtrack, and if so, it is extremely likely that these records will be used in a more complete restoration of...
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