21. He also portrayed Gaylord Ravenal in the 1966 Lincoln Center revival of " Show Boat ". 22. Ravenal is gambling on board a packet boat, on which a drunken Julie is trying to sing.23. When Magnolia returns to the boarding house, she finds Ravenal gone, leaving nothing but a farewell note. 24. Parthy has discovered that Ravenal once killed a man, and arrives with the Sheriff to interrupt the wedding festivities. 25. Within a matter of weeks, Magnolia and Ravenal are a hit on the river and have fallen in love. 26. Ravenal said the partners in ( at ) Home were seeking more cable operators around the country to carry the service.27. Kim ( Magnolia and Ravenal 's daughter ) appears only as a baby and a little girl in this version. 28. After Gaylord Ravenal , a handsome riverboat gambler, is hired, he and Magnolia promptly fall in love and elope. 29. As Ravenal looks on in wonder-- can this lovely apparition derive from his sorrow ?-- the curtain falls. 30. In 1927, the love-story between Magnolia Hawks and Gaylord Ravenal was probably the most appealing thing about the show.