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Deep South (1937) was a Drama - Mystery Film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Mervyn LeRoy and Jack L. Warner.

Academy Awards 1937 --- Ceremony Number 10 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Live Action ShortRKO RadioNominated
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Confederate Veteran: [to his fellow Confederate veterans] On your feet now. Go on and look sharp. The whole town's wwatching. This is the one day out of the year that belongs to us.


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First speaking role of 16-year-old Lana Turner.
Film debut of Allyn Joslyn.
Fritz Lang was initially offered to direct but passed on it, not wanting to be typecast as "an expert on lynching". (Lang had previously directed Fury, which also involved a lynch mob.)
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