Way Down South (film)
Way Down South is a 1939 American musical film directed by Leslie Goodwins and Bernard Vorhaus, and produced by Sol Lesser.It was written by Clarence Muse, who also acted in the film, and Langston Hughes.Victor Young was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring.[1] In antebellum Louisiana in 1854, young orphan Timothy Reid Jr. inherits a plantation and its slaves.Timothy is befriended by Jacques Bouton, who persuades Judge Louis Ravenal to look into the matter and save the day.