Sheltered beauty Magnolia Hawkes takes over as the leading lady on a Mississippi riverboat show when mixed-race Julie and her white husband are forced out of town by a prejudiced sheriff. Charismatic opportunist Gaylord Ravenal wins Magnolia's heart, but his gambling losses threaten to ruin their chances for a happy marriage.
Magnolia Hawkes
Gaylord Ravenal
Cap'n Andy Hawkes
Joe
Julie LaVerne
Parthenia "Parthy" Hawkes
Ellie May Chipley
Frank Schultz
Steve Baker
Queenie
Rubber Face
Kim as a Child
Kim - at Sixteen
Pete
Sheriff Ike Vallon
Sam
Sir Arthur
Boonville man speaking film's first line
Windy MacLaine
(uncredited)
Zebe (uncredited)
