South of Dixie

South of Dixie

61 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | June 23, 1944

To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bill "Brains' Watson creates a colorful life-story about his partner, Danny Lee, representing him as a descendant of Louisiana's famous Josh Lee family and rightful poet laureate of Dixieland.

South of Dixie

61 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | June 23, 1944

South of Dixie
To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bill "Brains' Watson creates a colorful life-story about his partner, Danny Lee, representing him as a descendant of Louisiana's famous Josh Lee family and rightful poet laureate of Dixieland.
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title South of Dixie
Directors Jean Yarbrough, William Tummel
Writers Sam Coslow, Clyde Bruckman

Cast

Anne Gwynne

as Dixie Holister

David Bruce

as Danny Lee

Jerome Cowan

as Bill 'Brains' Watson

Ella Mae Morse

as Barbara Ann Morgan

Joe Sawyer

as Ernest Hatcher

Samuel S. Hinds

as Colonel Andrew J. Morgan

Eddie Acuff

as Jay Hatcher

Marie Harmon

as Annabella Hatcher

Oscar O'Shea

as Colonel Hatcher

Louise Beavers

as Magnolia Brown / Chloe

Pierre Watkin

as Dean Williamson

Bill Bivens

as Bill Bivens, Announcer

Marie Blake

as Ruby

Edward Keane

as Mr. Platt

Mantan Moreland

as The Porter

Eddie Bruce

as Shoe Salesman

Rita Gould

as Shoe Customer

Bobby Brooks

as Bobby Brooks

Lester Cole

as Lester Cole, Head of the Debutantes

Jack Gardner

as Clerk

Jack Mulhall

as Newspaper Photographer

Ray Walker

as Newspaper Reporter

Joe Haworth

as Newspaper Reporter

Donald Kerr

as Newspaper Reporter

Warren Jackson

as Guest

Iris Lancaster

as Kibitzer

Joyce Miller

as Piano Player

Sherrill Luke

as Quartet Member

Charles Stantz

as Quartet Member