Adaptation of the Broadway musical. Magnolia Hawks is the lovely but protected, and thus very naive, daughter of Cap'n Andy Hawks, the genial proprietor of a show boat that cruises the Missisippi, and his nagging wife, Parthy. She is best friends with the show boat's star, Julie LaVerne, but Julie and her husband Steve are forced to leave when it is revealed that Julie has "Negro" blood in her, thereby breaking the state law by being married to the white Steve. Magnolia replaces Julie as the show boat's female star, and the show's new male star is the suave gambler Gaylord Ravenal. "Nola" and Gaylord fall in love and marry against Parthy's wishes. They and their young daughter lead the high life when Gaylord is lucky in gambling, but live like dirt when he's unlucky. During one such unlucky streak, a broken Gaylord leaves Nola, and she is forced to start over by returning to the stage. Like Old Man River, as the famous song from this show goes, she just keeps rollin' along. 译文(2): 改编百老汇音乐剧。玛格诺莉娅 · 霍克斯是安迪 · 霍克斯船长和蔼可亲的女儿，安迪 · 霍克斯是一艘巡游 Missisippi 的游艇的主人，他的妻子帕蒂是个唠叨的人。她是这艘船上的明星朱莉 · 拉维恩(Julie LaVerne)最好的朋友，但朱莉和她的丈夫史蒂夫被迫离开，因为朱莉身上流着“黑人”的血液，因此与白人史蒂夫结婚违反了州法律。玛格诺莉娅取代朱莉成为这部剧的女主角，剧中的新男主角是温文尔雅的赌徒盖洛德 · 拉维纳尔。“ Nola”和 Gaylord 坠入爱河，并且违背 Parthy 的意愿结婚了。他们和他们年幼的女儿过着奢侈的生活，当 Gaylord 在赌博方面很幸运的时候，但是当他不幸的时候，他们过着肮脏的生活。在这样一个不幸的连胜中，一个支离破碎的同性恋离开了诺拉，她被迫重新开始回到舞台上。就像《老人河》里的那首著名歌曲一样，她一直在前进。