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Dixie

Dixie

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 23, 1943

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Music, Comedy

User Score

30%

Original Title

Dixie

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Director

A. Edward Sutherland

Description

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."