Harmony Lane (1935)
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Produced on a reasonably lavish scale by the usually parsimonious Mascot Pictures, Harmony Lane was the first of three filmed biographies of 19th-century songwriter Stephen Foster (the others were Fox's Swanee River [1939] and 1952's I Dream of Jeannie, produced by Mascot's successor,… More Produced on a reasonably lavish scale by the usually parsimonious Mascot Pictures, Harmony Lane was the first of three filmed biographies of 19th-century songwriter Stephen Foster (the others were Fox's Swanee River [1939] and 1952's I Dream of Jeannie, produced by Mascot's successor, Republic Pictures). Douglass Montgomery stars as Foster, with Evelyn Venable and Adrienne Ames as the women in his life and William Frawley as minstrel impresario E.P. Christy (the part played by Al Jolson in Swanee River). The film follows Foster from his early attempts to study for the ministry to his first flush of success in the years just prior to the Civil War, ending with his death in drunken poverty in New York. Just what was it that so attracted Hollywood to this melancholy tale? Perhaps it was the fact that Stephen Foster's songs were in the Public Domain, thereby allowing producers to sidestep expensive copyright and licensing fees. Harmony Lane was written and directed by Joseph Santley, a prolific if uninspired helmsman of early-talkie musicals. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Joseph Santley
- Genres
- Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics
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Cast
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Douglass Montgomery
as Stephen Foster
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Evelyn Venable
as Susan Pentland
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Adrienne Ames
as Jane McDowell
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Joseph Cawthorn
as Kleber
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William Frawley
as Christy
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Clarence Muse
as Old Joe
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Gilbert Emery
as Mr. Foster
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Florence Roberts
as Mrs. Foster
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James Bush
as Morrison Foster
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David Torrence
as Mr. Pentland
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Cora Sue Collins
as Marion
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Ferdinand Munier
as Mr. Pond
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Smiley Burnette
as Singer
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James B. Carson
as Proprietor
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Edith Craig
as Henrietta Foster
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Victor de Camp
as William Foster Jr.
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Mildred Gover
as Delia
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Hattie McDaniel
as Cook
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Rodney Hildebrand
as Mr. Wade
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Earl Hodgins
as Mr. Bones
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Lloyd Hughes
as Andrew Robinson
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Mary MacLaren
as Mrs. Wade
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Al Herman
as Tambo
