The Vanishing Virginian (1942)

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Overview
Cast & Crew

The Vanishing Virginian is a 1942 American drama film directed by Frank Borzage that is based on the memoirs of Rebecca Yancey Williams and set in Lynchburg, Virginia, from 1913 to 1929.

Original Release

02/01/1942

US Release

02/01/1942

Cast

Frank Morgan	Robert Yancey
Kathryn Grayson	Rebecca Yancey
Spring Byington	Rosa Yancey
Johnny Mitchell	Jim Shirley / James Weldon 'Shirley (as Douglass Newland)
Mark Daniels	Jack Holden
Elizabeth Patterson	Grandma
Juanita Quigley	Caroline Yancey
Scotty Beckett	Joel Yancey
Dickie Jones	Robert Yancey Jr. / Robert Yancey, Jr.
Leigh Whipper	Uncle Josh

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Directors

Frank Borzage

Writers

Jan Fortune, Rebecca Yancey Williams

Cast

Frank Morgan	Robert Yancey
Kathryn Grayson	Rebecca Yancey
Spring Byington	Rosa Yancey
Johnny Mitchell	Jim Shirley / James Weldon 'Shirley (as Douglass Newland)
Mark Daniels	Jack Holden
Elizabeth Patterson	Grandma
Juanita Quigley	Caroline Yancey
Scotty Beckett	Joel Yancey
Dickie Jones	Robert Yancey Jr. / Robert Yancey, Jr.
Leigh Whipper	Uncle Josh
Louise Beavers	Aunt Emmeline
J.M. Kerrigan	John Phelps
Harlan Briggs	Mr. Rogard
Katharine Alexander	Marcia Marshall
Natalie Thompson	Margaret Yancey
Erville Alderson	Judge Fred Stuart
Myrtle Anderson	Yancey's 1929 Second Maid
Hooper Atchley	Juror
Clarence Badger Jr.	Soloist - 'Bill Bailey' number
King Baggot	Courtroom Spectator