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This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel

1929 |2h 26m |  Drama

Cast

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Laura La Plante

Magnolia

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Joseph Schildkraut

Gaylord Ravenal

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Emily Fitzroy

Parthenia Ann Hawks

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Otis Harlan

Capt. Andy Hawks

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Alma Rubens

Julie Dozier

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Jack McDonald

Windy

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Neely Edwards

Schultzy

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Stepin Fetchit

Joe

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Jules Bledsoe

Joe [prologue]

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Helen Morgan

Julie LaVerne [prologue]

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Max Asher

Utility Man

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Matthew Beard

Child

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George Chesebro

Steve Baker

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Gertrude Howard

Queenie

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Theodore Lorch

Frank

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Status

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Language

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Budget

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