The Dixie Merchant

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The Dixie Merchant
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Directed by Frank Borzage
Written by Kenneth B. Clarke
Based onThe Chicken-Wagon Family
by Barry Benefield
Produced by William Fox
Starring
Cinematography Frank B. Good
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film
Release date
  • March 7, 1926 (1926-03-07)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
Languages

The Dixie Merchant is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Jack Mulhall, Madge Bellamy, and J. Farrell MacDonald. [1] [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [3] Jimmy Pickett falls in love with Aida Fippany, whose father is interested only in Marseillaise, a filly. Aida thinks Jimmy is trifling with her and she and her mother decide to go live with a relative. Fippany, disconsolate, sells Marseilliase to Jimmy's father and disappears. Jimmy finds Aida and convinces her of his love. Marseillaise, badly driven, loses a heat in a race. Fippany appears and drives her to victory, and then is reunited with his wife Josephine.

Cast

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References

  1. Solomon p. 297
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Dixie Merchant at silentera.com
  3. Pardy, George T. (March 20, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: The Dixie Merchant", Motion Picture News, New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc., 33 (12): 1305, retrieved April 9, 2023PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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