1930s Musical Comedy: Dixiana (4K Colorized)
Channel: Enhanced Public Domain
Date: 2024-02-17

Dixiana (1930) is a lavish American pre-Code comedy, musical film directed by Luther Reed and produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The final twenty minutes of the picture were photographed in Technicolor. The film stars Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Joseph Cawthorn, Jobyna Howland, Ralf Harolde, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (in his film debut) and Dorothy Lee. The script was adapted by Luther Reed from a story by Anne Caldwell.

This is the film in which composer Max Steiner received his first screen credit for orchestration. Additionally, it was Wheeler & Woolsey's third film; however, as they were not yet an official "team," they were still billed separately.

Cast:
Bebe Daniels as Dixiana Caldwell
Everett Marshall as Carl Van Horn
Bert Wheeler as Peewee
Robert Woolsey as Ginger Dandy
Joseph Cawthorn as Cornelius Van Horn
Jobyna Howland as Birdie Van Horn
Dorothy Lee as Poppy
Ralf Harolde as Royal Montague
Edward Chandler as Blondell
George Herman as Contortionist
Raymond Maurel as Cayetano
Bruce Covington as Company porter
Bill Robinson as 'Bojangles' - Tap Dancer
Eugene Jackson as Cupid