Dramatic Vocalise Database




Buttolph, David (1902–83)


Tobacco Road (1941)



Based on the novel by Erskine Caldwell (1903–87).


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Main Title/Tobacco Road

The scene following the opening credits seems to be a parody response to the opening of Gone with the Wind, including a chorus humming the melody “Dixie,” and also the phrase “gone with the wind” in the voice-over narration.