Dixiana (1930)

[parzifal40]

The male singer has a magnificent voice.....I love this tune and recently purchased the entire movie....it is a lot of fun.

[MattTheSaiyan]

I don't care if the film was good, bad or indifferent. The mere fact it's in two-strip technicolor instantly makes me wanna see the whole film.

[aldiboronti]

@MattTheSaiyan the movie s Public Domain, they have a wonderful copy over at the Internet Movie Archive free for download or streaming.

[lvcars]

In response to the soundtrack quality, I also have a memory of horrible soundtracks from the old RKO films, but I believe that is because in 1956, RKO sold most of it's films to television in a "Movietime USA" package. These tv prints were hastily made in the 16mm format and the sound wasn't too good. I have restored DVDs of "Dixiana", "The Vagabond Lover" and "Flying Down To Rio", all RKO films with excellent sound quality. The problem seems to be in the poor quality tv prints.

[bobparis]

No offense, but even the EXCELLENT new DVD of "Flying Down to Rio" (ditto for "The Gay Divorcee) doesn't have the incredible sound of the record that was dubbed from an optical track for Victor in 1933, of "The Carioca." Even on a shellac commercial 78 pressing, the astonishing fidelity of the original optical track (without effects or dialogue, of course) comes through. I'd say this soundtrack on "Dixiana" is better than either FDTR or TGD!

[bobparis]

What is really incredible to me is the SOUND! Hard to understand how RADIO could produce such a soundtrack, when every other film I've heard from RADIO and RKO-RADIO until about 1937 has wretched sound. I've heard some of the source material (from Flying Down to Rio, Little Women) and it's great. But somebody at RADIO and RKO consistently produced execrable final mixes during those years.

[stjn00]

Dixiana was the follow-up to Rio Rita but didn't do as well. Dixiana was released in the late summer of 1930, at a time when the public was tiring of musical films. The male lead Everett Marshall is a great singer but by no means a good actor. The film suffers a great deal from that fact. The film supposedly lost $300,000 in it's initial release. So no... it wasn't a hit.

[HarborGuy]

Was it a "hit" ?I think it would be too "heavy" for the public of l930...........

[jozefsterkens]

Thanks for showing this in such good quality