Don Ameche
— Stephen Foster
Andrea Leeds
— Jane McDowell Foster
Al Jolson
— Edwin P. Christy
Felix Bressart
— Henry Kleber
Chick Chandler
— Bones
Russell Hicks
— Andrew McDowell
Diane Fisher
— Marion Foster
George P. Breakston
— Ambrose
Nella Walker
— Mrs. McDowell
Mae Marsh
— Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)
George H. Reed
— Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman
Richard Clarke
— Tom Harper
Al Herman
— Tambo
Charles Trowbridge
— Mr. Foster
George Meeker
— Henry Foster
Leona Roberts
— Mrs. Foster
Charles Tannen
— Morrison Foster
Clara Blandick
— Mrs. Griffin
Harry Hayden
— Erwin
Esther Dale
— Temperance Woman
Herbert Ashley
— Detective
Matthew Beard
— Negro Boy
Georgie Billings
— Office Boy
James Blaine
— Bartender
Georgia Caine
— Ann Rowan
Les Clark
— Specialty
Dora Clement
— Nurse
Ruth Clifford
— Bit Role
Hal K. Dawson
— Drunken Man on Riverboat
Dorothy Dearing
— Bit Role