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Way Down South

1939 · 61 min

A gentle, old-fashioned musical melodrama with a child hero, folksy songs and a tidy moral victory over greed.

Directed by
Leslie Goodwins, Bernard Vorhaus
Genres
Crime, Music
Starring
Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan
Overview
In the pre-Civil War South, a plantation owner dies and leaves all his possessions, including his slaves, to his young son. While the deceased treated his slaves decently, his corrupt executor abuses them unmercifully, beating them without provocation, and he is planning to sell off the father'e estate--including the slaves--at the earliest opportunity so he and his mistress can steal the money and move to France. The young boy doesn't want to sell his father's estate or break up an of the slave families, and he has to find someone to help him thwart the crooked executor's plans.

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Directed by
Leslie Goodwins, Bernard Vorhaus
Genres
Crime, Music
Starring
Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • corruption
  • family
  • greed
  • race
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
crime, music
Directed by
Leslie Goodwins, Bernard Vorhaus
Written by
Clarence Muse, Langston Hughes
Starring
Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan, Steffi Duna, Clarence Muse, Sally Blane, Edwin Maxwell, Charles Middleton
Music
Victor Young
Runtime
61 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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