Dixie (1943)
1h 29m
Running Time
June 23, 1943Release Date
Dixie (1943)
1h 29m
Running Time
June 23, 1943Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds up in New York, where he sells his songs to a music publisher, but refuses to sell his most treasured composition: "Dixie." The film is based on the life of Daniel Decatur Emmett, who wrote the classic song "Dixie."
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Cast & Crew.
Bing Crosby
Daniel Decatur Emmett
Dorothy Lamour
Millie Cook
Marjorie Reynolds
Jean Mason
Billy De Wolfe
Mr. Bones
Lynne Overman
Mr. Whitlock
Eddie Foy Jr.
Mr. Felham
Raymond Walburn
Mr. Cook
Grant Mitchell
Mr. Mason
Tom Herbert
Homer
Olin Howland
Mr. Deveraux (as Olin Howlin)
Clara Blandick
Mrs. Mason
Robert Warwick
Mr. LaPlant
Fortunio Bonanova
Waiter
Brandon Hurst
Dignified Man in Audience
Willie Best
Steward (uncredited)
James Burke
Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
Ethel Clayton
Woman (uncredited)
William C. Mellor
Cinematographer
William Shea
Editor
Jimmy Conlin
Publisher (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
Barkeeper (uncredited)
Paul McVey
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
News Vendor (uncredited)
Carl Switzer
Boy in Street (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 23, 1943
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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biography
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Wiki.
Dixie is a 1943 American biographical film of songwriter Daniel Decatur Emmett directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. Filming in Technicolor, Dixie was only a moderate success and received mixed reviews. Contrary to rumor, it has not been withdrawn from circulation due to racial issues (Crosby appears in blackface during several musical numbers) but is simply one of hundreds of vintage Paramount Pictures from the 1930s and 1940s now owned by Universal and not actively marketed; it was broadcast several times in the late 1980s on the American Movie Classics channel. The film produced one of Crosby's most popular songs, "Sunday, Monday, or Always".