Mississippi (1935) | |
| Director(s) | A. Edward Sutherland, Wesley Ruggles (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | Arthur Hornblow Jr. |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical |
| Top Topics | |
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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 Mississippi:
Skeptical Passenger in pilot house: Is that so?
[skeptically]
Commodore Jackson: I whipped out my revolver...
Skeptical Passenger in pilot house: Revolvers weren't invented thirty-five years ago.
[sneering]
Commodore Jackson: Uh... uh... I know that, but the Indians didn't know it. It doesn't matter - I threw it away.
Female passenger: Oh, how exciting - please don't interrupt.
Commodore Jackson: I had just swum the rapids. I had my canoe under one arm and a Rocky Mountain goat under the other.
Skeptical Passenger in pilot house: How could you swim without the use of your arms?
Commodore Jackson: Uh, uh... in those days I had, uh, I had very strong legs. Uh, excuse me
[sheepishly doffs hat to woman]
Commodore Jackson: , very strong limbs.
Female passenger: You must have been full of fire in your youth.
Commodore Jackson: I had to carry fire insurance until I was over forty. As I arrived at the river bank, I was encountered by the entire tribe of the Shug Indians. The most ferocious... have you ever been to Shug country?
Skeptical Passenger in pilot house: No, I haven't.
[glaring at the Commodore]
Commodore Jackson: Uh, that's fine. I unsheathed my Bowie knife and
[slowly and dramatically]
Commodore Jackson: cut a path through this wall of human flesh, dragging my canoe behind me.
Female passenger: [collapsing] Oh, oh, oh... oh.
Commodore Jackson: Ah, I'm sorry. Perhaps I've gone too far.
Skeptical Passenger in pilot house: What, what happened to the goat?
[no trace of skepticism]
Commodore Jackson: He was very good with mustard.
Commodore Jackson: Never mind what I told you! You do as I tell you!
Commodore Jackson: I like women as I like elephants, I like to look at 'em but I wouldn't own one.
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Facts about Mississippi:
Wesley Ruggles filled in as director on a few occasions when A. Edward Sutherland was unavailable.
Since Jan Duggan is credited in the opening set of credits, but not in the more comprehensive end set, the opening credits are listed first, followed by those in the end credits not yet in, as required by IMDb policy on cast ordering.
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