South of Dixie

Overview

To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bill "Brains' Watson creates a colorful life-story about his partner, Danny Lee, representing him as a descendant of Louisiana's famous Josh Lee family and rightful poet laureate of Dixieland.

Directed by Jean Yarbrough

Top cast

Anne Gwynne

Dixie Holister

David Bruce

Danny Lee

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Jerome Cowan

Bill 'Brains' Watson

Ella Mae Morse

Barbara Ann Morgan

Joe Sawyer

Ernest Hatcher

Samuel S. Hinds

Colonel Andrew J. Morgan

Eddie Acuff

Jay Hatcher

Marie Harmon

Annabella Hatcher

Oscar O'Shea

Colonel Hatcher

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Louise Beavers

Magnolia Brown / Chloe

Pierre Watkin

Dean Williamson

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Bill Bivens

Bill Bivens, Announcer

Marie Blake

Ruby

Edward Keane

Mr. Platt

Mantan Moreland

The Porter

Eddie Bruce

Shoe Salesman

Rita Gould

Shoe Customer

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Bobby Brooks

Bobby Brooks

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Lester Cole

Lester Cole, Head of the Debutantes

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Jack Gardner

Clerk

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