To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bill "Brains' Watson creates a colorful life-story about his partner, Danny Lee, representing him as a descendant of Louisiana's famous Josh Lee family and rightful poet laureate of Dixieland.
Cast
Anne Gwynne
Dixie Holister
David Bruce
Danny Lee
Jerome Cowan
Bill 'Brains' Watson
Ella Mae Morse
Barbara Ann Morgan
Joe Sawyer
Ernest Hatcher
Samuel S. Hinds
Colonel Andrew J. Morgan
Eddie Acuff
Jay Hatcher
Marie Harmon
Annabella Hatcher
Oscar O'Shea
Colonel Hatcher
Louise Beavers
Magnolia Brown / Chloe
Pierre Watkin
Dean Williamson
Bill Bivens
Bill Bivens, Announcer
Marie Blake
Ruby
Edward Keane
Mr. Platt
Mantan Moreland
The Porter
Eddie Bruce
Shoe Salesman
Rita Gould
Shoe Customer
Bobby Brooks
Bobby Brooks
Lester Cole
Lester Cole, Head of the Debutantes
Jack Gardner
Clerk
Jack Mulhall
Newspaper Photographer
Ray Walker
Newspaper Reporter
Joe Haworth
Newspaper Reporter
Donald Kerr
Newspaper Reporter
Warren Jackson
Guest
Iris Lancaster
Kibitzer
Joyce Miller
Piano Player
Sherrill Luke
Quartet Member
Charles Stantz
Quartet Member
Crew
Jean Yarbrough
Director, Producer
Clyde Bruckman
Screenplay
Paul Landres
Editor
Jerome Ash
Director of Photography
William Tummel
Assistant Director
Vera West
Costume Design
Bernard B. Brown
Sound Director
William Hedgcock
Sound
Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer
Sam Freed Jr.
Music Director
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Ira Webb
Set Decoration
Sam Coslow
Original Story
John B. Goodman
Art Direction
Harold H. MacArthur
Art Direction
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