Mississippi (1935) | |
| Director(s) | A. Edward Sutherland, Wesley Ruggles (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | Arthur Hornblow Jr. |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical |
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Mississippi (1935) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Wesley Ruggles and A. Edward Sutherland and produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr..
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BING'S BIRTHDAY MOVIE: Mississippi, 1935
on May 3, 2020 From Caftan WomanThe basis for this 1935 Paramount release was the 1923 play Magnolia by Booth Tarkington. The comedy set in the Antebellum South tells the tale of a man who does not believe in the code of honour which includes dueling. The play ran for only 40 performances and featured two performers who are favour... Read full article
Day 7 – Greenville, Mississippi
By Beatrice on Jul 22, 2018 From Flickers in TimeDidn?t see much of Greenville on our tour out to Indianola. ?BB King donated a museum, which then bought a nightclub in his hometown. ?It was a day of good music. Gospel group greeted us when we arrived at museum. Live blues music at Club Ebony Today we?re cruising the River all day. ?I?ll try to t... Read full article
Day 6 – Vicksburg, Mississippi
By Beatrice on Jul 21, 2018 From Flickers in TimeView of Vicksburg from our balcony on American Duchess Yesterday was occupied with touring the Vicksburg Battlefield. ?It was hotter than blue blazes and I say this as one who knows! Tour included documentary film and talks by a re-enactor. ?Such sadness. ?This has the highest number of monuments of... Read full article
Day 5 – Natchez, Mississippi
By Beatrice on Jul 20, 2018 From Flickers in TimeKing Cotton made Natchez one of the prettiest cities in the USA. ?Before the Civil War put an end to plantation riches, Natchez had more millionaires than anywhere outside New York or Boston. ?Planters built palatial dwellings for their wives and children in town, distant from the fields which were ... Read full article
Tyrone Power Goes Gambling on the Mississippi
By Rick29 on Aug 28, 2014 From Classic Film & TV CafeMark: Since you spare me only a moment, I'll tell you very bluntly: You and I are in love with each other and we always will be. We've known it since that first moment in St. Louis. Angelique: I could have you run out of town for speaking to me like this! Mark: No need to run me out. I'll ... Read full article
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Quotes from
Commodore Jackson: ...unsheathing my Bowie knife, I cut a path through this wall of human flesh, dragging my canoe behi
[wooden Indian passes by the door whose top half is open, startling him]
Commodore Jackson: ...
[cough]
Commodore Jackson: ... behind me. Since that time of course, the noble red man and his pale faced friends have smoked the pipe of peace.
[another Indian passes by - pause and cringes]
Commodore Jackson: Why I wouldn't of more think now of harming a hair on a red man's head than I would sticking a fork in my mother's back. Heh... why, some of my best friends are Indians... Shug Indians.
Commodore Jackson: Even a dead fish can float downstream.
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Facts about
Booth Tarkington's story was actually a play, "Magnolia," which opened at the Liberty Theatre in New York on 27 August 1923 and closed in October 1923 after 40 performances. In the opening night cast were Leo Carrillo as "Tom" and Elizabeth Patterson as "Madame Rumford."
Wesley Ruggles filled in as director on a few occasions when A. Edward Sutherland was unavailable.
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