Hearts in Dixie (1929)
At the risk of giving that colored boy, who glories in the classic monicker of Stepin Fetchit, a bigger opinion of himself than he now possesses — if possible, we are going to say that you ought to see that boy throw his flat feet around in "Hearts in Dixie," Fox's all-negro picture. This is the lad who has usurped the leadership of colored society in cinema circles. He stands outside the theaters in Hollywood and when one of his race goes by he points to himself on the posters and yells: "Look ahere, big boy, that's me!"
This is the first really all-colored cast (we were going to say "all-colored picture") and it gives you on the screen a grand exposition of plantation life with its joys and sorrows, its ignorance, its superstition and rehgious frenzy. It's all very real and understandable.
Photoplay May 1929
Vintage magazines
Photoplay , April 1929
Photoplay , May 1929
Photoplay , May 1929
Books with substantial mentioning of Hearts in Dixie
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Edwin M. Bradley The first Hollywood musicals, A critical filmography of 171 features, 1927 through 1932 Jefferson, N.C., 1996 pp. 244-249 
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Books with an entry on Hearts in Dixie
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Aubrey Solomon The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935, A history and filmography Jefferson, N.C., 2011 |
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Larry Langman and David Ebner Hollywood's Image of the South, A Century of Southern Films Westport, Connecticut - London, 2001 |
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