"A FUNNIN', FOOLIN' JUBILEE!" 23 June 1944 Comedy, Music, Romance 61 mins
To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bill "Brains' Watson creates a colorful life-story about his partner, Danny Lee, representing him as a descendant of Louisiana's famous Josh Lee family and rightful poet laureate of Dixieland.
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Anne Gwynne as Dixie Holister
David Bruce as Danny Lee
Jerome Cowan as Bill 'Brains' Watson
Ella Mae Morse as Barbara Ann Morgan
Joe Sawyer as Ernest Hatcher
Samuel S. Hinds as Colonel Andrew J. Morgan
Eddie Acuff as Jay Hatcher
Marie Harmon as Annabella Hatcher
Oscar O'Shea as Colonel Hatcher
Louise Beavers as Magnolia Brown / Chloe
Pierre Watkin as Dean Williamson
Bill Bivens as Bill Bivens, Announcer
Marie Blake as Ruby
Edward Keane as Mr. Platt
Mantan Moreland as The Porter
Eddie Bruce as Shoe Salesman
Jean Yarbrough Director
Sam Coslow Original Story
Clyde Bruckman Screenplay
Jean Yarbrough Producer
Frank Skinner Original Music Composer
Jerome Ash Director of Photography
Paul Landres Editor
John B. Goodman Art Direction
Harold H. MacArthur Art Direction
Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration
Ira Webb Set Decoration
Vera West Costume Design
William Tummel Assistant Director
Bernard B. Brown Sound Director
William Hedgcock Sound
Sam Freed Jr. Music Director
United Kingdom 12 March 1945
United States 23 June 1944
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