In antebellum New Orleans, two men vie for the affections of a beautiful young girl during Mardi Gras.
Dixiana 1930 HD | Comedy & music film directed by Luther Reed | Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Wheeler & Woolsey, Joseph Cawthorn & Jobyna Howlan
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Dixiana (1930) is a lavish American musical film directed by Luther Reed and produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The final third of the picture was photographed in Technicolor. The film stars Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Wheeler & Woolsey, Joseph Cawthorn, Jobyna Howland, Ralf Harolde and Bill Robinson (in his film debut). The script was adapted by Luther Reed from a story by Anne Caldwell.
Plot
Dixiana Caldwell, along with her friends, Pewee and Ginger, are circus performers in the Antebellum era South. When she falls in love with a young southern aristocrat, Carl Van Horn, she leaves the circus where she is employed and travels with Carl to his family’s plantation. Pewee and Ginger follow along. At first thrilled with the news of their impending nuptials, Carl’s father and stepmother, Cornelius and Birdie Van Horn, throw a lavish party for the couple. However, Pewee and Ginger inadvertently disclose Dixiana’s background as a circus performer, creating a scandal for the elder Van Horns.
Asked to leave in disgrace, Dixiana returns to New Orleans, seeking to gain re-employment from her former employer at the Cayetano Circus Theatre, but is used, due to way she had departed. Desperate, she takes employment at a local gambling hall, run by Royal Montague, who also has personal designs on Dixiana. As part of his plan, he intends to financially ruin Carl and his family, and use Dixiana to accomplish that purpose.
Things come to a head when Dixiana is crowned Queen of the Mardi Gras. When Montague absconds with her, Carl challenges him to a duel, but when a disguised Dixiana shows up in his stead, she tricks Montague into revealing his nefarious plans. Carl and Dixiana are reunited.
Cast
- Bebe Daniels as Dixiana Caldwell
- Everett Marshall (actor) as Carl Van Horn
- Bert Wheeler as Peewee
- Robert Woolsey as Ginger Dandy
- Joseph Cawthorn as Cornelius Van Horn
- Jobyna Howland as Birdie Van Horn
- Dorothy Lee (actress) as Poppy
- Ralf Harolde as Royal Montague
- Eddy Chandler as Blondell
- George Herman (actor) as Contortionist
- Raymond Maurel as Cayetano
- Bruce Covington as Company porter
- Bill Robinson as Specialty Dancer
- Eugene Jackson as Cupid
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