
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."
Fun facts
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Setting
Set in New Orleans
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Cinematography
Cinematography by William C. Mellor
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Darrell WareWriter
- William RankinStory
- Karl TunbergWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 23, 1943
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America







































