Way Down South | |
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Directed by |
Leslie Goodwins Bernard Vorhaus |
Produced by | Sol Lesser |
Written by |
Clarence Muse Langston Hughes |
Starring |
Bobby Breen Alan Mowbray |
Music by | Victor Young (uncredited) |
Production
company |
Sol Lesser Productions
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Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date
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Running time
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61-63 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Way Down South (1939) is an American musical film directed by Leslie Goodwins and Bernard Vorhaus, and produced by Sol Lesser. It was written by Clarence Muse, who also acted in the film, and Langston Hughes. Victor Young was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring.
In pre-Civil War Louisiana in 1854, young Timothy Reid Jr. (Breen) is orphaned. He inherits a plantation and its well-cared-for slaves. However, lawyer Martin Dill (Maxwell) is made the executor for the minor. Dill plots to sell off the slaves and flee to Paris with the proceeds. Timothy is befriended by Jacques Bouton (Mowbray), who persuades Judge Louis Ravenal (Greig) to look into the matter and save the day.