| DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Harmony Lane is a 1935 American film directed by Joseph Santley, being based upon the life of Stephen Foster. Cast Douglass Montgomery as Stephen Foster Evelyn Venable as Susan Pentland Adrienne Ames as Jane McDowell Joseph Cawthorn as Professor Henry Kleber William Frawley as Edwin P. 'Ed' Christy David Torrence as Mr. Pentland Gilbert Emery as Mr. Foster Lloyd Hughes as Andrew Robinson Al Herman as Tambo Cora Sue Collins as Marian Foster James Bush as Morrison Foster Edith Craig as Henrietta Foster Florence Roberts as Mrs. Foster Ferdinand Munier as Mr. Pond Clarence Muse as Old Joe Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 -- January 13, 1864), known as the "father of American music", was the pre-eminent songwriter in the United States of the 19th century. His songs — such as "Oh! Susanna", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee River"), "Hard Times Come Again No More", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Old Black Joe", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", and "Beautiful Dreamer" — remain popular over 150 years after their composition. In 1846, Foster moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and became a bookkeeper with his brother's steamship company. While in Cincinnati, Foster penned his first successful songs, among them "Oh! Susanna" which would prove to be the anthem of the California Gold Rush in 1848--1849. In 1849, he published Foster's Ethiopian Melodies, which included the successful song "Nelly Was a Lady", made famous by the Christy ... |
