He is the only actor in
Show Boat (1929) to have had an
acting role in the 1936 film (
Show Boat (1936));
Helen Morgan both sang and acted in the
1936 film, but in the 1929 one she appeared only in the prologue to
sing the two songs she made famous in the original stage production.
Lorch's very brief appearance as "Simon Legree" in the 1936 "Show
Boat", however,(a role not in the stage production) was cut from the
final print and has never been seen by the public.