Dixie.

Duration: 9 reels

Genre: musical bio-pic

Year Published: 1943

Creator: A. Edward Sutherland

Sound: sound

Credits: Cast: Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour

Copyright: 24Jun43 L12571, renewed 29Jun70 R487125 Renewal claimant: Emka, division of Universal City Studios, Inc Original author: Paramount Pictures

Description: The film opens with Dan Emmett (Crosby) and Jean (Marjorie Reynolds) singing 'Sunday, Monday or Always' Dan says he wants to marry Jean after he has become successful as an actor and composer but Mason is so sure that Dan will fail he says that he will agree to the marriage if Dan returns successful within six months. Dan leaves for New Orleans and on the river boat sings 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' and encounters another entertainer, Mr. Bones (Billy de Wolfe), who cheats him at cards and wins his 500 dollars.

Complete Record: DIXIE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1943. 9 reels, sd., color. From a story by William Rankin. Credits: Associate producer, Paul Jones; director, A. Edward Sutherland; screenplay, Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware; adaptation, Claude Binyon; music director, Robert Emmett Dolan; vocal arrangements, Joseph J. Lilley; editor, William Shea. Technicolor. © Paramount Pictures Inc.; 24Jun43; LP12571.

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