Directed by George Sidney, The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, Hawk family, is the show boat where everyone comes for great musical entertainment down south. Julie and her husband are the stars of the show. After, a snitch on board calls the local police that Julie (who’s half- African-American) is married to a whiteman, they are forced to leave the show boat. The reason being, that down south interracial marriages are forbidden. Magnolia, Captain 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 Hawks approval. Magnolia and Gaylord leave the, “Cotton Blossom”, for a whirl wind honeymoon but Magnolia soon faces reality quickly, that gambling means more to Gaylord than anything else.
