When the show boat Cotton Blossom arrives in a Mississippi town to give a performance, a fistfight breaks out between leading man Steve Baker and Pete, the boat's engineer who has been making passes at Steve's wife, leading lady Julie La Verne. Pete knows a dark secret about the couple: Julie is part black and therefore their marriage is illegal. When Pete shows up with the town sheriff, Baker pricks Julie's finger and sucks blood from it, meaning he now has "negro blood" in him as well. Unfortunately, since black and white actors are not allowed onstage together, Cap'n Andy is forced to dismiss the Bakers along with Pete. Julie's best friend Magnolia becomes the new leading lady and riverboat gambler Gaylord Ravenal is hired as her leading man. The two become successful, fall in love, and marry. They leave the boat and move to Chicago, where they live on Ravenal's gambling winnings until he goes broke and walks out on Magnolia.・・・・
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Cast
Kathryn Grayson as Magnolia Hawks キャスリン・グレイソン Ava Gardner as Julie LaVerne エヴァ・ガードナー Howard Keel as Gaylord Ravenal ハワード・キール Joe E. Brown as Cap'n Andy Hawks ジョー・E・ブラウン Marge Champion as Ellie Mae Shipley マージ・チャンピオン Gower Champion as Frank Shultz ガワー・チャンピオン Robert Sterling as Steve Baker ロバート・スターリング Agnes Moorehead as Parthy Hawks アグネス・ムーアヘッド Leif Erickson as Pete (credited as Lief Erickson) リーフ・エリクソン William Warfield as Joe ウィリアム・ウォーフィールド
Academy Awards
Nominated Best Cinematography , Color Best Score for Musical Picture
