
Plot
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."
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Cast

Bing Crosby
Daniel Decatur Emmett

Dorothy Lamour
Millie Cook

Marjorie Reynolds
Jean Mason

Billy De Wolfe
Mr. Bones

Lynne Overman
Mr. Whitlock

Eddie Foy Jr.
Mr. Felham

Raymond Walburn
Mr. Cook

Grant Mitchell
Mr. Mason

Tom Herbert
Homer

Olin Howland
Mr. Deveraux

Robert Warwick
Mr. LaPlant

Fortunio Bonanova
Waiter

Brandon Hurst
Dignified Man in Audience

Willie Best
Steward (uncredited)

James Burke
Riverboat Captain (uncredited)

Ethel Clayton
Woman (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin
Publisher (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy
Barkeeper (uncredited)

Paul McVey
Headwaiter (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore
News Vendor (uncredited)

Carl Switzer
Boy in Street (uncredited)

Norma Varden
Mrs. LaPlant (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Woman in Audience (uncredited)