Dixiana (film)

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Dixiana

Poster
Directed by Luther Reed
Written by Anne Caldwell (story), Luther Reed (script).
Starring Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Joseph Cawthorn, Jobyna Howland, Ralf Harolde and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
Distributed by RKO
Release date(s) 1930
Country Flag of the United States United States

Dixiana is a 1930 lavish American musical film directed by Luther Reed produced by Radio Pictures (later known as RKO). The final third of the picture was photographed in Technicolor.

The movie was adapted by Luther Reed from a story by Anne Caldwell. It was directed by Reed.

The movie stars Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Joseph Cawthorn, Jobyna Howland, Ralf Harolde and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (in his film debut). The last reel of the movie is in two-color Technicolor.


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The film tells the story of a circus performer who falls in love with the son of a plantation owner in antebellum New Orleans. When the young man's stepmother objects to the wedding, the young couple has to decide if they can make their relationship work.

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