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Dixie (1943)

Dixie (1943)

Comedy Music

IT'S BING'S BEST!

Release Date: 1943, June 23
Directors: A. Edward Sutherland
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Carl Switzer, Olin Howland, Marjorie Reynolds, Bess Flowers, Norma Varden, Fortunio Bonanova, Tom Kennedy, Paul McVey, Charles R. Moore, Bing Crosby, James Burke, Brandon Hurst

Overview:

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."

Keywords:

biography musical show business minstrel show