 "Dixie Dugan" first appeared in two slightly risqué novels written by J. P. McEvoy, serialized in 1928-29 in the pages of "Liberty".McEvoy's novels were then published in book form by Simon & Schuster as "Show Girl" (1928) and "Hollywood Girl" (1929).In the first story, Dixie begins as a Broadway chorus girl, and in the second she moves to Hollywood.