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
Wheelsman (uncredited)
Means
Queenie
Frank
The Killer
