South of Dixie
Cast & Crew
Jean Yarbrough
Anne Gwynne
David Bruce
Jerome Cowan
Ella Mae Morse
Joe Sawyer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Struggling New York music publisher Bill "Brains" Watson convinces the Apex Film Company to produce a film based on the life of his partner, songwriter Danny Lee. Brains, however, has told the filmmakers that the Brooklyn-born Danny, whose real name is Danny Grant, is a descendant of the famous Southern Josh Lee family. After Danny agrees to participate in the hoax, Brains hires Southern belle Dixie Hollister to tutor Danny in the South's language and manners. When he arrives in the South, Danny, much to his chagrin, is given a hero's welcome and soon finds himself attached to Dixie's old friend, Annabelle Hatcher. Danny then learns that the Hatchers have been feuding with the Lee family for years, and is forced to dress as a woman in order to sneak out of the Hatcher home and avoid being shot by Annabelle's brothers, Ernest and Jay. Later, Danny becomes the house guest of Southern aristocrat Colonel Andrew J. Morgan, an old friend of Josh Lee. After a week of Morgan's hospitality, Danny is coerced by Brains into romancing Morgan's daughter Barbara Ann. Brains then arranges Danny's engagement to Barbara Ann, unaware that Danny and Dixie have fallen in love. The Morgans hold a masked ball, during which Morgan plans to announce the engagement over a national radio broadcast. Danny tries to tell the truth to Morgan before the broadcast, but Brains stops him by knocking the songwriter unconscious. During the radio broadcast, however, Dixie tells Morgan the truth about Danny's heritage, and the colonel exposes the hoax. Danny, Dixie and Brains then escape from the Morgan home and return to New York, where they learn that the filmmakers are actually thrilled with the turn of events and now want to film Danny's life story as a comedy. On a train to Hollywood, Danny is reunited with Dixie, who, having been hired as a technical advisor on the film, begins her assignment by teaching the songwriter how to kiss.
Director
Jean Yarbrough
Cast
Anne Gwynne
David Bruce
Jerome Cowan
Ella Mae Morse
Joe Sawyer
Samuel S. Hinds
Eddie Acuff
Marie Harmon
Oscar O'shea
Louise Beavers
Pierre Watkin
Bill Bivens
Marie Blake
Rita Gould
Edward Keane
Mantan Moreland
Ray Walker
Eddie Bruce
Jack Mulhall
Bobby Brooks
Cottonpicker Quartette
Lester Cole
The Charmers
Jack Gardner
Iris Clive
Joyce Miller
Donald Kerr
Joseph Haworth
Warren Jackson
Charles Stanley
Sherrill Luke
Crew
Jerome Ash
Bernard B. Brown
Clyde Bruckman
Everett Carter
Sam Coslow
Daniel Decatur Emmett
Stephen Foster
Sam Freed Jr.
Russell A. Gausman
Joseph Gershenson
John Goodman
William Hedgcock
Alex Kramer
Paul Landres
Jerry Livingston
Harold H. Macarthur
Phil Moore
A. J. Neiburg
Milton Rosen
Marty Symes
Martha Tilton
William Tummel
Ira S. Webb
Vera West
Joan Whitney
Jean Yarbrough
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Hollywood Reporter news items and production charts include George Cleveland in the cast, but his appearance in the released film is doubtful. According to Hollywood Reporter, Warren Wilson was originally assigned as the film's associate producer.
