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Way Down South(Movie, 1939)

1h 1min | Genres: Crime, Music
Way Down SouthRating: 2.8/5 (with 22 votes)
Way Down South is a 1939 American musical film directed by Leslie Goodwins and Bernard Vorhaus, and produced by Sol Lesser. It was written by Clarence Muse, who also acted in the film, and Langston Hughes. Victor Young was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Way Down South

Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment

About Way Down South

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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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Louisiana
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 2 languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Status: Released
Release date US: 07/21/1939
Producer: Sol Lesser
Film Editor: Arthur Hilton
Director of Photography: Charles Schoenbaum
Composer: Victor Young
Keywords: plantation
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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