Swanee River
The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour
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.
Crew and Cast
Sidney LanfieldDirector
Don AmecheStephen Foster
Andrea LeedsJane McDowell Foster
Al JolsonEdwin P. Christy
Felix BressartHenry Kleber
Chick ChandlerBones
Russell HicksAndrew McDowellDiane FisherMarion Foster
George P. BreakstonAmbrose
Nella WalkerMrs. McDowell
Mae MarshMrs. Jonathan Fry
George H. ReedOld Joe · McDowell's Coachman
Richard ClarkeTom HarperAl HermanTambo
Charles TrowbridgeMr. Foster
George MeekerHenry Foster
Leona RobertsMrs. Foster
Charles TannenMorrison Foster
Clara BlandickMrs. Griffin
Harry HaydenErwin
Esther DaleTemperance WomanHerbert AshleyDetective
Matthew BeardNegro BoyGeorgie BillingsOffice Boy
James BlaineBartender
Georgia CaineAnn Rowan
Les ClarkSpecialty
Dora ClementNurse
Ruth CliffordBit Role
Hal K. DawsonDrunken Man on RiverboatDorothy DearingBit Role
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 29 December 1939
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB score
- 7.0 / 10 (4 votes)
Production
- Director
- Sidney Lanfield
- Writers
- John Taintor Foote, Philip Dunne
- Studios
- 20th Century Fox
- Countries
- United States of America
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English