Swanee River

Swanee River (1939)

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

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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.

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  • Release Date: 1939-12-29
  • Runtime: 1h 24min
  • Director: Sidney Lanfield

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Cast

  • 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

  • Harry Denny

    Guest

  • Harry Depp

    Dresser

  • Claire Du Brey

    Woman in Cafe

  • Edward Earle

    Master of Ceremonies

  • Jesse Graves

    Butler

  • Kay Griffith

    Bit Role

  • Charles Halton

    Pond

  • John Hamilton

    Doctor

  • Eleanor Hansen

    Bit Role

  • Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

    Agitator

  • Tommy Hicks

    Fat Boy

  • Robert Homans

    Sheriff

  • Jean Houghton

    Guest

  • Selmer Jackson

    Army Medical Examiner

  • Gladden James

    Hotel Clerk

  • Thaddeus Jones

    Dan

  • Robert Emmett Keane

    Drunken Agitator

  • Wright Kramer

    Doctor

  • Edward LeSaint

    Jonathan Fry, Justice of the Peace

  • George Magrill

    Agitator

  • Bruce Mitchell

    Jailer

  • Bert Moorhouse

    Attendant

  • James C. Morton

    Bartender

  • Daisy Lee Mothershed

    Maid

  • Forbes Murray

    Critic

  • David Newell

    Guest

  • William Newell

    Bill, Stagehand

  • George O'Hanlon

    Ticket Taker

  • Arthur Rankin

    Clerk

  • Herbert Rawlinson

    Army Officer

  • Tom Seidel

    Bellboy

  • Larry Steers

    Man on Riverboat

  • Harry Strang

    Boat Captain

  • Harry Tenbrook

    Jim, Saloon Waiter

  • Harry Tyler

    Pianist

  • Bruce Warren

    Orchestra Leader

  • Billy Wayne

    Agitator

  • Cecil Weston

    Landlady

  • Lloyd Whitlock

    Critic

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