Dixiana is a pre-code romantic comedy about a young female circus performer who falls in love with a wealthy aristocrat. She at first tries to cover up her past and assimilate into his family, but she is found out and driven away in disgrace. This is the second movie from 1930 that I've seen that includes the comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey, here serving as the comic foils and sidekicks to Dixiana, and ultimately the ones who get her in trouble in the first place. Their antics are more enjoyable than the rest of the movie, although both Dixiana and her romantic interest are decently relatable. and it is an easy sell to want them to get together. With the characters being set in the world of circus, there are a number of performances that are just there to enjoy, which doesn't always work for me but it does really help to set the scene in this particular instance. This probably won't stand out in my mind among other 1930s romances about mismatched classes falling in love, but I had a fine time watching it.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Dixiana < The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Dixiana < Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex...
Dixiana > Charlie Chan at the Opera
Dixiana > The Wages of Fear
Dixiana < Make Mine Music
Dixiana > Jake's Women
Dixiana > Annie Live!
Dixiana > Antichrist
Dixiana > Shanghai Knights
Dixiana > The Black Cauldron
Dixiana > The Last of the Mohicans
Final spot: #2965 out of 3793, or 22%.
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