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Show leader, with contributing impressively impressive-ly to what he terms the "swing revolution." "In 'Pick, Pick, Pickaninny' which Clare and I have written for 'Can This Be Dixie?'," say Atast, "we hope that we have sounded the current cur-rent note in popular music. I think jazz is the American musical tongue and further firmly believe that American jazz operas will some day get the same elaborate staging that is now according to classic opera." In "Can This Be Dixie?" diminutive diminu-tive but dynamic Jane Withers essays es-says an entirely new type of role and effectively demonstrates her amazing versatility. Directed by George Marshall, the uniformly fine and expert cast have provided a fine entertainment picture. "Can This Be Dixie?" plays Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, December 20, 21 and 22, at the Cameo Theatre. New 'Swing' Tunes In Withers Film One of the outstanding features of the Twentieth Century-Fox picture pic-ture "Can This Be Dixie?" in which Jane Withers is said to have scored the greatest success of her successful success-ful career, is the lilting music and Intriguing lyrics provided by the talented pens of Harry Akst and Sidney Clare. There are four swingy songs all with the tang of the old Southland. These are "Pick, Pick, Pickaninny," "Uncle Tom's Cabin is a Cabaret Now," "Does You Wanna Go To Heaven?" and "It's Julep Time in Dixieland." Commenting on the trend of modern music, Harry Ak.st, who wrote the unforgettable "Dinah," as well as "Am I Blue," both of which contributed largely to the sensational sensation-al success of Ethel Waters, credits Duke Ellington, famous orchestra |
