Film
Dixie
United States- Age rating
- NR
- Director
- A. Edward Sutherland
- Year
- 1943
IT'S BING'S BEST!
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."
Top cast
Bing Crosby
Daniel Decatur Emmett
Dorothy Lamour
Millie Cook
Marjorie Reynolds
Jean Mason
Billy De Wolfe
Mr. Bones
Lynne Overman
Mr. Whitlock
Eddie Foy Jr.
Mr. Felham
Raymond Walburn
Mr. Cook
Grant Mitchell
Mr. Mason
Tom Herbert
Homer
Olin Howland
Mr. Deveraux
Robert Warwick
Mr. LaPlant
Fortunio Bonanova
Waiter
Brandon Hurst
Dignified Man in Audience
Willie Best
Steward (uncredited)
James Burke
Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
Ethel Clayton
Woman (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
Publisher (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
Barkeeper (uncredited)
Directed by
A. Edward Sutherland
Written by
William Rankin, Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware
