The Dixie Merchant

The Dixie Merchant
The Dixie Merchant
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Directed by	Frank Borzage
Written by	Kenneth B. Clarke
Based on	The Chicken-Wagon Family; by Barry Benefield
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Jack Mulhall; Madge Bellamy; J. Farrell MacDonald;
Cinematography	Frank B. Good
Production; company	Fox Film
Distributed by	Fox Film
Release date	March 7, 1926;
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles;

The Dixie Merchant is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Jack Mulhall, Madge Bellamy, and J. Farrell MacDonald.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Jimmy Pickett falls in love with Aida Fippany, whose father is interested only in Marseillaise, a filly. Aida thinks Jimmy is trifling with her and she and her mother decide to go live with a relative. Fippany, disconsolate, sells Marseilliase to Jimmy's father and disappears. Jimmy finds Aida and convinces her of his love. Marseillaise, badly driven, loses a heat in a race. Fippany appears and drives her to victory, and then is reunited with his wife Josephine.

Cast

Jack Mulhall as Jimmy Pickett
Madge Bellamy as Aida Fippany
J. Farrell MacDonald as Jean Paul Fippany
Claire McDowell as Josephine Fippany
Harvey Clark as Baptiste
Edward Martindel as John Pickett
Evelyn Arden as Minnie Jordan
Onest Conley as Eph
Paul Panzer as Whitcomb

References

^ Solomon p. 297
^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Dixie Merchant at silentera.com
^ Pardy, George T. (March 20, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: The Dixie Merchant", Motion Picture News, 33 (12), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 1305, retrieved April 9, 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.