1935 film by A. Edward Sutherland and Wesley Ruggles

<i>Mississippi</i> (film)

Mississippi (film)

<p><i><b>Mississippi</b></i> is a 1935 American <a href="/en/Musical_film" title="Musical film" class="wl">musical</a> comedy film directed by <a href="/en/A._Edward_Sutherland" title="A. Edward Sutherland" class="wl">A. Edward Sutherland</a> and starring <a href="/en/Bing_Crosby" title="Bing Crosby" class="wl">Bing Crosby</a>, <a href="/en/W._C._Fields" title="W. C. Fields" class="wl">W. C. Fields</a>, and <a href="/en/Joan_Bennett" title="Joan Bennett" class="wl">Joan Bennett</a>.</p>

<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt1">1935 film by A. Edward Sutherland and Wesley Ruggles</div>
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<ul><li>Francis Martin</li>
<li>Jack Cunningham</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Magnolia</i><br>by Booth Tarkington</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data">Arthur Hornblow Jr.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Bing_Crosby" title="Bing Crosby" class="wl">Bing Crosby</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/W._C._Fields" title="W. C. Fields" class="wl">W. C. Fields</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Joan_Bennett" title="Joan Bennett" class="wl">Joan Bennett</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data">Charles Lang</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">Chandler House</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data">Howard Jackson (uncredited), <a href="/en/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers" class="wl">Richard Rodgers</a>, <a href="/en/Lorenz_Hart" title="Lorenz Hart" class="wl">Lorenz Hart</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br>company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="/en/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures" class="wl">Paramount Pictures</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data">Paramount Pictures</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li>March<span>&nbsp;</span>22,<span>&nbsp;</span>1935<span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1935-03-22</span>)</span><span> </span>(USA)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">73 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>
<p>Written by Francis Martin and <a href="/en/Jack_Cunningham_(screenwriter)" title="Jack Cunningham (screenwriter)" class="wl">Jack Cunningham</a> based on the novel <i>Magnolia</i> by <a href="/en/Booth_Tarkington" title="Booth Tarkington" class="wl">Booth Tarkington</a>, the film is about a young pacifist who, after refusing on principle to defend his sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer and acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which a villain accidentally kills himself with his own gun. The film was produced and distributed by <a href="/en/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures" class="wl">Paramount Pictures</a>.</p>

<p><i>Mississippi</i> has the distinction of being the only W.C. Fields film with a score by <a href="/en/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers" class="wl">Richard Rodgers</a> and <a href="/en/Lorenz_Hart" title="Lorenz Hart" class="wl">Lorenz Hart</a>. It is also the only film in which Fields co-starred with Crosby. Photographed by <a href="/en/Charles_Lang" title="Charles Lang" class="wl">Charles Lang</a>, the film featured art direction by <a href="/en/Hans_Dreier" title="Hans Dreier" class="wl">Hans Dreier</a> and <a href="/en/Bernard_Herzbrun" title="Bernard Herzbrun" class="wl">Bernard Herzbrun</a> and was edited by Chandler House. The sound man was Eugene Merritt. The original running time of this black-and-white film was 80 minutes. The film has been released on VHS and DVD as part of the W.C. Fields Collection in the United Kingdom.</p>



Mississippi is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Bing Crosby, W. C. Fields, and Joan Bennett. Written by Francis Martin and Jack Cunningham based on the novel Magnolia by Booth Tarkington, the film is about a young pacifist who, after refusing on principle to defend his sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer and acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which a villain accidentally kills himself with his own gun. The film was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Mississippi has the distinction of being the only W.C. Fields film with a score by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. It is also the only film in which Fields co-starred with Crosby. Photographed by Charles Lang, the film featured art direction by Hans Dreier and Bernard Herzbrun and was edited by Chandler House. The sound man was Eugene Merritt. The original running time of this black-and-white film was 80 minutes. The film has been released on VHS and DVD as part of the W.C. Fields Collection in the United Kingdom. 