Dixie

1943 · Directed by A. Edward Sutherland · 89 min · biographical film, musical film

★ 5.0/10 · 2 ratings on TMDB

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."