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Harmony Lane

  • 19351935
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
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Adrienne Ames, Douglass Montgomery, and Evelyn Venable in Harmony Lane (1935)
  • Drama
The life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline, degradation, and death from alcoholism.The life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline, degradation, and death from alcoholism.The life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline, degradation, and death from alcoholism.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
110
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Joseph Santley
  • Writers
    • Elizabeth Meehan(screenplay)
    • Joseph Santley(screenplay)
    • Milton Krims(story)
  • Stars
    • Douglass Montgomery
    • Evelyn Venable
    • Adrienne Ames
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  • Director
    • Joseph Santley
  • Writers
    • Elizabeth Meehan(screenplay)
    • Joseph Santley(screenplay)
    • Milton Krims(story)
  • Stars
    • Douglass Montgomery
    • Evelyn Venable
    • Adrienne Ames
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    • 11User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Douglass Montgomery
    Douglass Montgomery
    • Stephen Foster
    Evelyn Venable
    Evelyn Venable
    • Susan Pentland
    Adrienne Ames
    Adrienne Ames
    • Jane McDowell
    Joseph Cawthorn
    Joseph Cawthorn
    • Professor Henry Kleber
    William Frawley
    William Frawley
    • Edwin P. 'Ed' Christy
    David Torrence
    David Torrence
    • Mr. Pentland
    Gilbert Emery
    Gilbert Emery
    • Mr. Foster
    Lloyd Hughes
    Lloyd Hughes
    • Andrew Robinson
    Al Herman
    • Tambo
    Cora Sue Collins
    Cora Sue Collins
    • Marian Foster
    James Bush
    James Bush
    • Morrison Foster
    Edith Craig
    • Henrietta Foster
    Florence Roberts
    Florence Roberts
    • Mrs. Foster
    Ferdinand Munier
    Ferdinand Munier
    • Mr. Pond
    Clarence Muse
    Clarence Muse
    • Old Joe
    Smiley Burnette
    Smiley Burnette
    • Singer
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Card
    Bob Card
    • Stagehand
    • (uncredited)
    James B. Carson
    • Proprietor
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Joseph Santley
    • Writers
      • Elizabeth Meehan(screenplay)
      • Joseph Santley(screenplay)
      • Milton Krims(story)
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    • Trivia
      This film received its earliest documented telecast in the New York City area Sunday 1 June 1947 on WCBS (Channel 2). In Baltimore, it first aired Sunday 11 April 1948 on WMAR (Channel 2), in Chicago Saturday 31 July 1948 on WGN (Channel 9), in Philadelphia Sunday 15 August 1948 on WPTZ (Channel 3), in Cincinnati Saturday 11 September 1948 on WLW-T (Channel 4), and in Salt Lake City Sunday 24 July 1949 on KDYL (Channel 4).
    • Goofs
      At the end of the movie, singer/composer/showman Edwin Pearce Christy, the founder of the blackface group Christy's Minstrels, announces the death of Stephen Foster at a benefit performance. Foster died on January 13, 1864. Christy could not have delivered the eulogy as he took his own life two years earlier on May 21, 1862, while facing financial ruin brought on by the Civil War.
    • Quotes

      Stephen Foster: [Finishes playing a song] That's it. Now if I could only get a lyric.

      Susan Pentland: You might sell it?

      Stephen Foster: And if I did, I could buy you such lovely things. A parasol. Blue... to match your lavender dress.

      Susan Pentland: [laughs] That would be nice.

      Stephen Foster: And all sorts of surprises. A little white cottage. The one that has always been waiting for you and for me. With hollyhocks... maybe some moonbeams... maybe fields of sunflowers that run all the way into the horizon.

      Susan Pentland: All that with just one song?

      Stephen Foster: I'd write some more. Then you and I could be together always. Would you like that?

      Susan Pentland: Yes, Stephen.

      Stephen Foster: Just you and I.

      Susan Pentland: [laughs] And the piano.

      Stephen Foster: By all means, the piano.

      [They laugh]

    • Connections
      Featured in Bamboozled (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      Oh! Susanna
      Written by Stephen Foster

      Whistled and later sung by Douglass Montgomery

      Also performed in different tableaus in different parts of the world

    User reviews11

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    5/10
    The old folks at Foster's home didn't like his music
    Poverty Row Mascot Pictures probably because the songs of Stephen C. Foster were all in public domain decided to produce this cheaply done musical about Foster. It cost the studio not a dime to buy rights to his work.

    Douglass Montgomery played the tragic composer who came from a middle class background and whose father disapproved of his interest in a musical career.

    The tragedy of Foster as shown here is that the woman who truly loved him, Evelyn Venable refused to wait for him and he married society conscious Adrienne Ames. When she left him he takes to drink and eventually can't find his muse.

    William Frawley played minstrel performer and impresario E.P. Christy. Frawley before he became best known as the irascible Fred Mertz was a vaudeville performer. He was also one of the great drunks in Hollywood as you see here.

    The musical numbers are done on the cheap, but the acting is not too bad. Montgomery does well as the frail and tragic Foster.

    Still you can see it all done better at 20th Century Fox with Don Ameche as Foster and Al Jolson as E.P. Christy in Swanee River.
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    • Release date
      • October 23, 1935 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Life and Loves of Stephen Foster
    • Production company
      • Mascot Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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