tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969706531075939050.post6702068310369097027..comments2024-01-22T13:04:59.388-08:00Comments on THE BING CROSBY NEWS ARCHIVE: DIXIE: IS IT A RACIST MOVIEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969706531075939050.post-24560631249073326182021-03-17T11:04:48.375-07:002021-03-17T11:04:48.375-07:00The only scene I remember was with Bing and Billy ...The only scene I remember was with Bing and Billy DeWollfe eating chicken wings and pickles. That scene lives in my memory today 2021, and enticed me to eat "sweet pickle chips" whenever I eat chicken wingsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461844121779216019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969706531075939050.post-42922627371275750032015-02-23T05:32:04.409-08:002015-02-23T05:32:04.409-08:00Where can I get this film DIXI from now ? I saw i...Where can I get this film DIXI from now ? I saw it as a young girl and can only remember the part where she is on stage in a wheel chair singing. This left an impression on me I never forgot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969706531075939050.post-27868421869195698482012-10-20T17:01:16.589-07:002012-10-20T17:01:16.589-07:00Bing Crosby rarely entertained people at his house...Bing Crosby rarely entertained people at his house. I think Bob Hope was over there once or twice. David Loboscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870831249761911028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969706531075939050.post-50576972912164561762012-10-20T10:49:47.483-07:002012-10-20T10:49:47.483-07:00Didn't Louis Armstrong remark late in life tha...Didn't Louis Armstrong remark late in life that despite the many times that Bing Crosby publicly identified Satchmo as "my good friend," Crosby never once invited Armstrong to visit him at his house?Mose Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16339796963224994640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969706531075939050.post-55188486518023269022011-02-14T14:00:34.670-08:002011-02-14T14:00:34.670-08:00As was mentioned above, Bing was an early pioneer ...As was mentioned above, Bing was an early pioneer for racial equality in the entertainment business. It is a mistake to look at accepted norms of years gone by and assume that participation in those cultural norms equated to hatred or disdain for black people. Ask Louis Armstrong if Bing was a racist.Uncle Miltiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03718826502082691636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969706531075939050.post-86594615776920299332011-01-24T09:40:20.915-08:002011-01-24T09:40:20.915-08:00I haven't seen "Dixie", but as a vie...I haven't seen "Dixie", but as a viewer I don't have too much difficulty in placing depictions of Minstrel Shows in their proper historical perspective. Anyone who knows anything at all about Bing Crosby should realize his affection for old time show business in no way represented his attitude toward those of a different racial background from his own.Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com