South Of Dixie finds David Bruce cast as a songwriter who writes a;; these numbers about Dixie, the kind of stuff Al Jolson sung. But the vogue for that has gone years ago and Bruce hasn't had a hit in years.
But his publicist has got a great idea to sell his life story to Hollywood for a film version, but what can you do with a songwriter who wrote all Dixie melodies whose only connection to the South is South Brooklyn. But if you think that defeats Jerome Cowan as the publicist you have another think coming.
Cowan embarks on a campaign to give Bruce the prerequisite southern background for the film. He even hires Anne Gwynne to Dixify poor Bruce to get those drawls and y'alls down pat.
Of course no one figures that Bruce would get involved with two women besides Gwynne, Marie Harmon and Ella Mae Morse. And gets himself involved in one of those old souther feuds that had died until he showed up.
Best number in the film is Ella Mae Morse doing Shoo Shoo Boogie which she introduced and was interpolated in the score. Good thing because the stuff written for the film was absolute nothing to write home about.
With no big stars in this film, you can see why its not really revived all that much. The plot was incredibly dumb, in fact the most famous writer of odes to Dixie was a damn Yankee named Stephen Foster. Some of his stuff also gets in this film, good thing it was in public domain or Foster would have sued if he were still alive.
South Of Dixie is a limp musical with not a whole lot going for it.
But his publicist has got a great idea to sell his life story to Hollywood for a film version, but what can you do with a songwriter who wrote all Dixie melodies whose only connection to the South is South Brooklyn. But if you think that defeats Jerome Cowan as the publicist you have another think coming.
Cowan embarks on a campaign to give Bruce the prerequisite southern background for the film. He even hires Anne Gwynne to Dixify poor Bruce to get those drawls and y'alls down pat.
Of course no one figures that Bruce would get involved with two women besides Gwynne, Marie Harmon and Ella Mae Morse. And gets himself involved in one of those old souther feuds that had died until he showed up.
Best number in the film is Ella Mae Morse doing Shoo Shoo Boogie which she introduced and was interpolated in the score. Good thing because the stuff written for the film was absolute nothing to write home about.
With no big stars in this film, you can see why its not really revived all that much. The plot was incredibly dumb, in fact the most famous writer of odes to Dixie was a damn Yankee named Stephen Foster. Some of his stuff also gets in this film, good thing it was in public domain or Foster would have sued if he were still alive.
South Of Dixie is a limp musical with not a whole lot going for it.
