Dixiana (film)

Dixiana
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLuther Reed
Fred Fleck (assistant)
Written byAnne Caldwell (story)
Luther Reed (script)
StarringBebe Daniels
Everett Marshall
Wheeler & Woolsey
Joseph Cawthorn
Jobyna Howland
Ralf Harolde
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
Dorothy Lee
CinematographyJ. Roy Hunt
Music byHarry Tierney (composer)
Victor Baravalle (direction)
Max Steiner (orchestration)
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • August 1, 1930 (1930-08-01)[1]
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$747,000[2]
Box office$780,000[2]
Dixiana

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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AFI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p57