<Li> Dixie (1943), a film based on the life of songwriter Daniel Decatur Emmett . It includes Bing Crosby singing the film's title song in blackface . </Li> <Li> Holiday Inn (1942), contains a musical number entitled "Abraham" with Bing Crosby performing in blackface in the style of a minstrel show . Beginning in the 1980s, this number has been cut from many TV broadcasts . </Li> <Li> Hollywood Varieties (1950), a collection of stage acts with Glen Vernon and Edward Ryan in a blackface skit . </Li> <Li> I Dream of Jeanie (1952) aka I Dream of Jeanie (with the Light Brown Hair), a completely fictional film biography of Stephen Foster . Veteran performer Glen Turnbull makes a guest appearance as a blackface Minstrel performer in Christy's Minstrels . </Li>

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