
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 (as Olin Howlin)

Robert Warwick
Mr. LaPlant

Fortunio Bonanova
Waiter

Brandon Hurst
Dignified Man in Audience

Willie Best
Stewart

James Burke
Riverboat Captain

Ethel Clayton
Woman

Jimmy Conlin
Publisher

Tom Kennedy
Barkeeper

Paul McVey
Headwaiter

Charles R. Moore
News Vendor

Carl Switzer
Boy in Street

Norma Varden
Mrs. LaPlant

Bess Flowers
Woman in Audience