Show Boat

6.9
1951

Genre: Drama , Family , Musical , Romance

About: The moving picture Show Boat was first seen in the cinemas in 1951. Categorized as drama, family, musical and romance. will take you a total of minutes of watch time. 123Movies provied links and subtitles where you can watch it in HD for free.

Plot: The "Cotton Blossom," owned by the Hawks family, is the show boat everyone goes to for great musical entertainment down south. Julie LaVerne and her husband are the stars of the show. After someone tells the local police that Julie (who's half-African-American) is married to a white man, they are forced to leave the show boat because interracial marriages are forbidden. Magnolia Hawks, Captain Andy Hawks' daughter, becomes the new show boat attraction, and her leading man is Gaylord Ravenal, a gambler. The two instantly fall in love, and marry without Parthy Hawks' approval. Magnolia and Gaylord leave the "Cotton Blossom" for a whirl-wind honeymoon. Soon after, Magnolia realizes that gambling means more to Gaylord than anything else. Magnolia confronts Gaylord, and after he gambles away their fortune he leaves her, not knowing she is pregnant. Magnolia, penniless and pregnant, and is left to fend for herself, and make a new start. Read More