There had been a lot of appearances of paddlewheelers and steamboats in various movies. On the Steamboats.org message Board, a discussion in January 2003 lots of information about steamboats in movies has been collected. There have been more … if you know any, please let us know!
| steamboat | movie |
| Gordon C. Greene | Gone with the Wind |
| Gordon C. Greene | Band of Angels (starring Clark Gable) |
| Gordon C. Greene | The Kentuckian (starring Burt Lancaster) |
| Delta Queen | Raintree County |
| Natchez | Interview with a Vampire (starring Tom Cruise) |
| Julia Belle Swain | Life on the Mississippi (PBS production, 1984), names “Paul Jones” in part 1 and “Aleck Scott” in part 2 |
| Delta King | Steamboat Round the Bend |
Contributors: Keith Norrington, Phyllis Dale, Jane Greene, Pat Traynor, Gordon C. Greene, Judy Patsch, Ted Guillaum, R. Dale Flick.
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