

61 minutes
6/23/1944
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.

Anne Gwynne
as Dixie Holister

David Bruce
as Danny Lee

Jerome Cowan
as Bill 'Brains' Watson

Ella Mae Morse
as Barbara Ann Morgan

Joe Sawyer
as Ernest Hatcher

Samuel S. Hinds
as Colonel Andrew J. Morgan

Eddie Acuff
as Jay Hatcher

Marie Harmon
as Annabella Hatcher

Oscar O'Shea
as Colonel Hatcher

Louise Beavers
as Magnolia Brown / Chloe

Pierre Watkin
as Dean Williamson
Bill Bivens
as Bill Bivens, Announcer

Marie Blake
as Ruby

Edward Keane
as Mr. Platt

Mantan Moreland
as The Porter

Eddie Bruce
as Shoe Salesman

Rita Gould
as Shoe Customer
Bobby Brooks
as Bobby Brooks
Lester Cole
as Lester Cole, Head of the Debutantes
Jack Gardner
as Clerk

Jack Mulhall
as Newspaper Photographer

Ray Walker
as Newspaper Reporter
Joe Haworth
as Newspaper Reporter

Donald Kerr
as Newspaper Reporter
Warren Jackson
as Guest

Iris Lancaster
as Kibitzer
Joyce Miller
as Piano Player
Sherrill Luke
as Quartet Member
Charles Stantz
as Quartet Member