"Universal's Motion Picture Triumph!"
This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel
Magnolia

Gaylord Ravenal

Parthenia Ann Hawks

Capt. Andy Hawks

Julie Dozier

Windy

Magnolia as Child / Kim
Schultzy

Elly
Joe

Joe [prologue]

Queenie [prologue]
Himself [prologue]

Julie LaVerne [prologue]

Himself [prologue]
Utility Man

Child

Steve Baker

Stagehand
Unknown Role
Wheelsman (uncredited)
Means
Queenie

Frank

The Killer