A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds up in New York, where he sells his songs to a music publisher, but refuses to sell his most treasured composition: "Dixie." The film is based on the life of Daniel Decatur Emmett, who wrote the classic song "Dixie."

Bing Crosby
as Daniel Decatur Emmett

Dorothy Lamour
as Millie Cook

Marjorie Reynolds
as Jean Mason

Billy De Wolfe
as Mr. Bones

Lynne Overman
as Mr. Whitlock

Eddie Foy Jr.
as Mr. Felham

Raymond Walburn
as Mr. Cook

Grant Mitchell
as Mr. Mason

Tom Herbert
as Homer

Olin Howland
as Mr. Deveraux