Way Down South

(1939)

61 minutes

Drama / Musical

Directed by Bernard Vorhaus 

Cast:
 
Bobby Breen as Timothy Reid Jr.
Alan Mowbray as Jacques Bouton
Ralph Morgan as Timothy Reid Sr.
Steffi Duna as Pauline
Clarence Muse as Uncle Catan
Sally Blane as Claire Bouton
Edwin Maxwell as Martin Dill
Charles Middleton as Cass
Robert Greig as Judge Ravenal
Lillian Yarbo as Janie
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard as Gumbo
 
Fascinating musical curio (written by Muse and Langston Hughes), set in the pre-Civil War south. A boy soprano (Bobby Breen) is the young master of a plantation, whose 'happy' slaves are scheduled for sale by a crooked lawyer (Edwin Maxwell).