# Show Boat (1951)

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**Runtime**: 107 min
**Genres**: Music, Romance, Drama
**Directed by**: George Sidney
**Written by**: John Lee Mahin
**Starring**: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion, Gower Champion

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## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Here's a film unafraid to ask: what if Oklahoma! but on a boat? Gambler Gaylord Ravenal falls for Magnolia Hawks, whose mother and father run the Cotton Blossom show boat. It's a reasonably sturdy, undeniably stagey, MGM musical.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, cozy

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