USA,
1943, 89 min
Directed by:
A. Edward SutherlandScreenplay:
Karl TunbergCinematography:
William C. MellorComposer:
Robert Emmett DolanCast:
Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Billy De Wolfe, Marjorie Reynolds, Lynne Overman, Eddie Foy Jr., Raymond Walburn, Grant Mitchell, Clara Blandick, Robert Warwick (more)Plots(1)
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." (official distributor synopsis)