Show Boat

<em>Show Boat</em>Marge Champion as Ellie May Shipley and Gower Champion as Frank Schultz in the 1951 film version of Edna Ferber's Show Boat.

Show Boat, popular sentimental novel by Edna Ferber, published in 1926. The book chronicles three generations of a theatrical family who perform and live on a Mississippi River steamboat. It was the basis of a successful Broadway musical and has been produced several times for film and television.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.

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Article Title: Show Boat

Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica

Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Date Published: 10 November 2016

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Access Date: February 22, 2025