Dixie

Name: Dixie
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Genre: Music, Comedy
Released: 1943-06-23
Duration: 1 h 29 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Marjorie Reynolds, Billy De Wolfe, Lynne Overman

“IT'S BING'S BEST!”

1943

1h 29m

Music Comedy

Director: A. Edward Sutherland

Writers: Darrell Ware, William Rankin

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."