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Louisiana

  • 1947
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  • 1h 25m
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7.2/10
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Jimmie Davis and Margaret Lindsay in Louisiana (1947)
Drama

Fourteen-year-old James Houston Davis, the music-loving son of a poor sharecropper, is determined to get a good education and help improve life in his beloved state of Louisiana. With help f... Read allFourteen-year-old James Houston Davis, the music-loving son of a poor sharecropper, is determined to get a good education and help improve life in his beloved state of Louisiana. With help from his self-sacrificing parents, Jimmie graduates from Beech Springs High School and is a... Read allFourteen-year-old James Houston Davis, the music-loving son of a poor sharecropper, is determined to get a good education and help improve life in his beloved state of Louisiana. With help from his self-sacrificing parents, Jimmie graduates from Beech Springs High School and is accepted at Louisiana College. After financing his way through college by working odd jobs ... Read all

  • Director
    • Phil Karlson
  • Writers
    • Jack DeWitt
    • Steve Healey
    • Scott Darling
  • Stars
    • Jimmie Davis
    • Margaret Lindsay
    • John Gallaudet
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    31
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Phil Karlson
    • Writers
      • Jack DeWitt
      • Steve Healey
      • Scott Darling
    • Stars
      • Jimmie Davis
      • Margaret Lindsay
      • John Gallaudet
    • 1User review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jimmie Davis
    Jimmie Davis
    • Jimmie Davis
    Margaret Lindsay
    Margaret Lindsay
    • Alvern Adams
    John Gallaudet
    John Gallaudet
    • Charlie Mitchell
    Freddie Stewart
    Freddie Stewart
    • Freddie Stewart
    Dottye Brown
    Dottye Brown
    • Laura
    Ralph Reed
    Ralph Reed
    • Jimmie Davis as a Boy
    • (as Ralph Freeto)
    Russell Hicks
    Russell Hicks
    • Fred Astor
    Lee 'Lasses' White
    Lee 'Lasses' White
    • Old Timer
    John Harmon
    • Steve
    Tristram Coffin
    Tristram Coffin
    • Tomlins
    Eddy Waller
    Eddy Waller
    • Mr. Davis
    Mary Field
    Mary Field
    • Mrs. Davis
    Joseph Crehan
    Joseph Crehan
    • Neilson
    Charles Lane
    Charles Lane
    • McCormack
    The Sunshine Serenaders
    • Jimmie Davis Band
    Fort Pearson
    • Announcer Ford Pearson
    • (as Ford Pearson)
    Richard Alexander
    Richard Alexander
    • Blacksmith
    Charles Mitchell
    • Sunshine Serenader
    • Director
      • Phil Karlson
    • Writers
      • Jack DeWitt
      • Steve Healey
      • Scott Darling
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    10lasunshinebr

    Gov. Jimmie H. Davis

    Gov. Jimmie H. Davis is the best looking man in the world. He had lots of wisdom, simplicity, appropriate timing to do huge things. He was quite inspiration to aspiring actors, musicians, publishing, and those going into politics. Takes the intimidation out. Here you see timing is the key. There is a season for everything and that is how I operate my own life. A season to do politics, season to do music, a season to do nothing, travel, etc. Jimmie Davis was man of good wisdom. To me, he was Oscar Worthy and was real. He was a man of many hats and and a man of world experiences, like you never knew. A first timer and record breaker of record breakers. He was the longest and most outlasting experiences ever in my lifetime and history put together. It is now how many movies you are in but the quality you give to the very few you are in. All it takes is one to spike you up to the top. It takes one movie or it can take just one song. He always said keep going and keep doing what you are doing. Try it. You never know til you try it. How true that is. That is experience and testimony at its best.

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    • Trivia
      Stars on the Shreveport, Louisiana premiere junket included Gale Storm, June Preisser, John Gallaudet, Roddy McDowall, Freddie Stewart, Dottye Brown (a Shreveport girl in her first film), and producer Lindsley Parsons.
    • Soundtracks
      You Are My Sunshine
      Written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell

      Sung by Jimmie Davis

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    • Release date
      • November 15, 1947 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Lindsley Parsons Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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