Can This Be Dixie? (1936)
November 13, 1936Release Date
Can This Be Dixie? (1936)
November 13, 1936Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Jane Withers
Peg Gurgle
Slim Summerville
Robert E. Lee Gurgle
Helen Wood
Virginia Peachtree
Thomas Beck
Ulysses S. Sherman
Sara Haden
Miss Beauregard Peachtree
Claude Gillingwater
Col. Robert Peachtree
Donald Cook
Longstreet Butler
James Burke
Sheriff N.B.F. Rider
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Can This Be Dixie? is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by George Marshall and featuring child star Jane Withers along with Slim Summerville and Helen Wood.
In 1937 and 1938, Withers became one of the top 10 box-office stars in the United States, despite her status as Fox's second-tier child star (behind Shirley Temple). On a shooting schedule that allowed 21 to 24 days per picture, she acquired the nickname "One-Take Withers", and produced four or five films a year.
The level of comedy can be assessed by the names of the characters, the names of the musical numbers ("Pick, Pick, Pickaninny," "Uncle Tom's Cabin is a Cabaret Now"), and the fact that Withers appeared in blackface. Some even more racially offensive material was challenged by co-star Hattie McDaniel and removed from the picture.