Swanee River(1939)

The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour

67

1h 24m

  • Drama,
  • Music,
  • Thriller

Overview

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography.

Cast

  • Don Ameche

    Don Ameche

    Stephen Foster

  • Andrea Leeds

    Andrea Leeds

    Jane McDowell Foster

  • Al Jolson

    Al Jolson

    Edwin P. Christy

  • Felix Bressart

    Felix Bressart

    Henry Kleber

  • Chick Chandler

    Chick Chandler

    Bones

  • Russell Hicks

    Russell Hicks

    Andrew McDowell

  • George P. Breakston

    George P. Breakston

    Ambrose

  • Nella Walker

    Nella Walker

    Mrs. McDowell

  • Mae Marsh

    Mae Marsh

    Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)

  • George H. Reed

    George H. Reed

    Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman

  • Richard Clarke

    Richard Clarke

    Tom Harper

  • Charles Trowbridge

    Charles Trowbridge

    Mr. Foster

  • George Meeker

    George Meeker

    Henry Foster

  • Leona Roberts

    Leona Roberts

    Mrs. Foster

  • Charles Tannen

    Charles Tannen

    Morrison Foster

  • Clara Blandick

    Clara Blandick

    Mrs. Griffin

  • Harry Hayden

    Harry Hayden

    Erwin

  • Esther Dale

    Esther Dale

    Temperance Woman

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    Status

    Released (Dec 29, 1939)

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