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Dixie

  • 19431943
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 29m
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6.0/10
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Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, and Marjorie Reynolds in Dixie (1943)
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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 ... Read allA 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, wh... Read allA 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
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    • A. Edward Sutherland
  • Writers
    • William Rankin(story)
    • Karl Tunberg(screenplay)
    • Darrell Ware(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Bing Crosby
    • Dorothy Lamour
    • Billy De Wolfe
    • A. Edward Sutherland
  • Writers
    • William Rankin(story)
    • Karl Tunberg(screenplay)
    • Darrell Ware(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Bing Crosby
    • Dorothy Lamour
    • Billy De Wolfe
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    • 15User reviews
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    Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, and Marjorie Reynolds in Dixie (1943)
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    Bing Crosby, Billy De Wolfe, Eddie Foy Jr., Tom Herbert, John 'Skins' Miller, Lynne Overman, and Raymond Walburn in Dixie (1943)
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    Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, and Marjorie Reynolds in Dixie (1943)

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    Bing Crosby
    Bing Crosby
    • Daniel Decatur Emmett
    Dorothy Lamour
    Dorothy Lamour
    • Millie Cook
    Billy De Wolfe
    Billy De Wolfe
    • Mr. Bones
    Marjorie Reynolds
    Marjorie Reynolds
    • Jean Mason
    Lynne Overman
    Lynne Overman
    • Mr. Whitlock
    Eddie Foy Jr.
    Eddie Foy Jr.
    • Mr. Felham
    Raymond Walburn
    Raymond Walburn
    • Mr. Cook
    Grant Mitchell
    Grant Mitchell
    • Mr. Mason
    Clara Blandick
    Clara Blandick
    • Mrs. Mason
    Tom Herbert
    • Homer
    Olin Howland
    Olin Howland
    • Mr. Deveraux
    • (as Olin Howlin)
    Robert Warwick
    Robert Warwick
    • Mr. LaPlant
    Fortunio Bonanova
    Fortunio Bonanova
    • Waiter
    Brandon Hurst
    Brandon Hurst
    • Dignified Man in Audience
    George Anderson
    • Publisher
    • (uncredited)
    Stanley Andrews
    Stanley Andrews
    • Mr. Masters
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Barris
    Harry Barris
    • Drummer
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Willie Best
    Willie Best
    • Steward
    • (uncredited)
      • A. Edward Sutherland
    • Writers
      • William Rankin(story)
      • Karl Tunberg(screenplay)
      • Darrell Ware(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Its earliest documented telecasts took place in Seattle Tuesday 3 March 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7), followed by Phoenix 3 June 1959 on KVAR (Channel 12), by Minneapolis 7 June 1959 on WTCN (Channel 11), and by Asheville 13 September 1959 on WLOS (Channel 13). At this time, color broadcasting was in its infancy, limited to only a small number of high rated programs, primarily on NBC and NBC affiliated stations, so these film showings were all still in B&W. Viewers were not offered the opportunity to see these films in their original Technicolor until several years later.
    • Goofs
      The movie changes all sorts of historical facts: The movie makes Emmett a bachelor wooing "Jean Mason" who is confined to a wheelchair. The song Dixie was intended as a sort of dirge but is given a sprightly tempo only because the theater, in the deep south, has caught fire. In fact Emmett married Catherine Rives circa 1853 and remained married until her death in 1875, there is no indication that she was disabled. Dixie was first sung, and at its familiar tempo, in NYC on April 4, 1859, in a non-burning music hall. The movie has only the first verse sung over and over again because, frankly, the second and third verses are a bit "unenlightened" by modern standards. A couple of years later Emmett was appalled that the Confederacy had appropriated his song and he promptly wrote several songs for the Union Army.
    • Quotes

      Daniel Decatur Emmett: He's quite a cuss all right. He's a fake, he's got no morals, no integrity, no loyalty, but he's very colorful.

      Millie Cook: I once heard a doctor say the same thing about scarlet fever.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Road to Utopia (1945)
    • Soundtracks
      Sunday, Monday or Always
      Lyrics by Johnny Burke

      Music by Jimmy Van Heusen

      Performed by Bing Crosby

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    Dixie
    After viewing the 1943 classic Dixie, it was apparent that at this civil war time entertainment there were different styles of dance emerging. During this time it became a popular diversion to spend evenings at a minstrel theatre. Straying away from the traditional opera or ballet, minstrels offered a new sense of entertainment which promoted the class system. Fortunately our society today is accepting African American's and prejudices are less prevalent. Subsequent to professional minstrelsy's decline in the 20th century, its appeal continued in the south. Though minstrels proposed stereotypes, some good did result from this type of entertainment. These shows presented black performers the opportunity to build a foundation which later helped many of them to emerge as successful entertainers.

    Minstrel shows exposed a wide selection of audiences to this unique type of entertainment. With its combination of eccentric dancing and diverse music, people enjoyed the allure of the entertainment. Closely similar to tap dancing, it boasted innovative and bizarre movements' pairs with flamboyant eye-catching costumes.

    This type of amusement contributed to later types of dancing and entertainment. As a big benchmark in the industry, without minstrels played a role in what dancing has evolved into presently. Without minstrels, who knows if the great such as Dizzy Gillespie, W.C. Handy, and Bert Williams, would have been as successful as they were.
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    • May 9, 2006

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    • Release date
      • January 13, 1944 (Australia)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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      • Paramount Pictures
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