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Original title

Way Down South

Year

1939

Running time

61 min.

Country

United States

Director

Bernard Vorhaus, Leslie Goodwins

Screenwriter

Langston Hughes, Clarence Muse

Cast

Music

Victor Young

Cinematography

Charles Edgar Schoenbaum (B&W)

Producer

RKO Radio Pictures, Sol Lesser Productions

Genre

Western. Musical | Southern Gothic

Synopsis

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.

Awards: 1939: Academy Award Nominee: Best Music, Scoring (Victor Young)

1939: Academy Awards (Oscars): nominated to Best Scoring of Music (adaptation or treatment).

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Way Down South

1939

Bernard Vorhaus, Leslie Goodwins