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Way Down South
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- Summary
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This 1939 musical about plantation life in the antebellum South features lyrics by the great African-American poet Langston Hughes. The movie is a curious period piece with a somewhat unrealistic a...
This 1939 musical about plantation life in the antebellum South features lyrics by the great African-American poet Langston Hughes. The movie is a curious period piece with a somewhat unrealistic attitude toward the treatment of African-American slaves, but the perspective is fascinating and the music and singing memorable.
Details
- Creator
- Sol Lesser Productions
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : Sol Lesser Productions, [1939]
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Films Media Group, 2016
- ©1939
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (1 min., 15 sec.)) : sound, color
- digital
- video file
- OCLC
- ocn972723433
- Credits
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- Starring Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, and Ralph Morgan
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Originally released by Sol Lesser Productions, 1939.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on July 07, 2016.
- Streaming video file.
- Closed-captioned.
- Way Down South: Bayou Lovelle Plantation- 1854 (4:41) -- Way Down South: Masters and Slaves (3:09) -- Way Down South: Cane Cutting (2:01) -- Way Down South: Cane Field (6:02) -- Way Down South: Changes at Bayou Lovelle (5:30) -- Way Down South: New Orleans (1:56) -- Way Down South: Papa Doudon's Inn (1:54) -- Way Down South: Timothy's Secret (3:40) -- Way Down South: Selling Slaves (3:25) -- Way Down South: Guest Gathering (2:20) -- Way Down South: Anniversary Celebration (5:07) -- Way Down South: Prayer Meeting (7:03) -- Way Down South: Timothy Seeks Help (4:19) -- Way Down South: Slave Sale (3:41) -- Way Down South: Stopping the Sale (3:13)