Parents Guide for
Show Boat (1951) More at IMDbPro »

Same as 1936 film version, there is an interracial marriage, but no sex or nudity is shown, though the couple does kiss tenderly once (they don't in the 1936 film).

Near film's end, Julie has apparently become a woman of easy virtue; she is traveling on a ship with a male companion not her husband, and although they are obviously involved, he treats her very badly (this is a new scene not found in the 1936 film).

The fistfight - not much different from the one in the 1936 version of "Show Boat".

Near the end, the man that Julie is with slaps her when she drunkenly tries to sing. Gaylord Ravenal sees this and punches the man. This scene is not in the 1936 film version.

When Julie discovers that the man who just defended her honor is Ravenal, she is still angry that he has deserted Magnolia, and mutters under her breath "So that's the no good..." leaving the audience watching the film to finish the sentence for themselves. This is probably because profanity was forbidden in American films in 1951. Julie does not say this line in either the stage version of "Show Boat", or the 1936 film.

Same as 1936 version - Julie becomes an alcoholic eventually, but her dissipation is more vividly shown in this version than in the 1936 one. She is hopelessly drunk in the final scenes and looks haggard.

Early in the film, Gaylord Ravenal is seen with a cigar, but a few seconds later he tosses it into the Mississippi River.

The moment in which Steve cuts Julie's hand is very, very tame in comparison to the 1936 version.