Swanee River
3 reviews
Drama/Music
1h 24m
1939
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...
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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.
- DirectorSidney Lanfield
- Release29 December 1939
- Genre
- Duration1h 24m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate3 reviews
- Productions
20th Century Fox
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

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

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

Matthew Beard
Negro 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

Harry Depp
Dresser

Claire Du Brey
Woman in Cafe

Edward Earle
Master of Ceremonies

Jesse Graves
Butler

Charles Halton
Pond

John Hamilton
Doctor

Eleanor Hansen
Bit Role

Robert Homans
Sheriff

Selmer Jackson
Army Medical Examiner

Gladden James
Hotel Clerk

Robert Emmett Keane
Drunken Agitator

Edward LeSaint
Jonathan Fry, Justice of the Peace

George Magrill
Agitator

James C. Morton
Bartender

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

Billy Wayne
Agitator

Lloyd Whitlock
Critic
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