Dixie

Dixie

89 mins | Comedy, Music | June 23, 1943

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."

Dixie

89 mins | Comedy, Music | June 23, 1943

Dixie
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."
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Paramount
Original title Dixie
Directors A. Edward Sutherland
Writers William Rankin, Darrell Ware, Claude Binyon, Karl Tunberg

Cast

Bing Crosby

as Daniel Decatur Emmett

Dorothy Lamour

as Millie Cook

Marjorie Reynolds

as Jean Mason

Billy De Wolfe

as Mr. Bones

Lynne Overman

as Mr. Whitlock

Eddie Foy Jr.

as Mr. Felham

Raymond Walburn

as Mr. Cook

Grant Mitchell

as Mr. Mason

Tom Herbert

as Homer

Olin Howland

as Mr. Deveraux (as Olin Howlin)

Robert Warwick

as Mr. LaPlant

Fortunio Bonanova

as Waiter

Brandon Hurst

as Dignified Man in Audience

Willie Best

as Steward (uncredited)

James Burke

as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)

Ethel Clayton

as Woman (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin

as Publisher (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy

as Barkeeper (uncredited)

Paul McVey

as Headwaiter (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore

as News Vendor (uncredited)

Carl Switzer

as Boy in Street (uncredited)

Norma Varden

as Mrs. LaPlant (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Woman in Audience (uncredited)