Swan Bostrom — Come and Get It Character Profile

About Swan Bostrom

Barney's old friend who married Lotta after Barney rejected her. Now a widower, he raises a daughter named Lotta who closely resembles her mother. He is visited by Barney, who offers to finance the daughter's education, unknowingly setting off a complex family conflict.

Character Facts

Played by

Walter Brennan

Appears in

Come and Get It (1936)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Swan Bostrom — Social Old Friend — Barney Glasgow (Edward Arnold)

  Their longstanding friendship brings Barney back into Swan's household.

  The plot explicitly describes Swan as Barney's old friend, and Barney visits him decades later.

• Swan Bostrom — Romantic Husband And Wife — Lotta Morgan / Lotta Bostrom (Frances Farmer)

  Swan becomes Lotta Morgan's husband after Barney abandons her.

  The plot states that Swan married Lotta after Barney rejected her. Swan is later described as a widower raising their daughter.

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More characters from Come and Get It

• Barney Glasgow (Edward Arnold)
• Richard Glasgow (Joel McCrea)
• Lotta Morgan / Lotta Bostrom (Frances Farmer)
• Karie Linbeck (Mady Christians)
• Emma Louise Glasgow (Mary Nash)
• Evvie Glasgow (Andrea Leeds)
• Josie (Cecil Cunningham)
• Sid LeMaire (Edwin Maxwell)
• Jed Hewitt (Charles Halton)
• Tony Schwerke (Frank Shields)
• Thomas Gubbins (uncredited) (Harry C. Bradley)
• Waiter (uncredited) (Gino Corrado)