| Can This Be Dixie? | |
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| Directed by | George Marshall |
| Written by | George Marshall Lamar Trotti |
| Produced by | Sol M. Wurtzel |
| Starring | Jane Withers Slim Summerville Helen Wood Thomas Beck Sara Haden Claude Gillingwater Donald Cook |
| Cinematography | Bert Glennon Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
| Music by | Emil Gerstenberger Joe Glover Samuel Kaylin Gene Rose |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Can This Be Dixie? is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by George Marshall and featuring child star Jane Withers along with Slim Summerville and Helen Wood.
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In 1937 and 1938, Withers became one of the top 10 box-office stars in the United States, despite her status as Fox's second-tier child star (behind Shirley Temple). On a shooting schedule that allowed 21 to 24 days per picture, she acquired the nickname "One-Take Withers", [1] and produced four or five films a year.
The level of comedy can be assessed by the names of the characters, the names of the musical numbers ("Pick, Pick, Pickaninny," "Uncle Tom's Cabin is a Cabaret Now"), and the fact that Withers appeared in blackface. Some even more racially offensive material was challenged by co-star Hattie McDaniel and removed from the picture. [2]