Swanee River

Swanee River (1939)

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

  • Genre: Drama, Music, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1939-12-29
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 24min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Sidney Lanfield
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Summary

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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  • Don Ameche

    as Stephen Foster

  • Andrea Leeds

    as Jane McDowell Foster

  • Al Jolson

    as Edwin P. Christy

  • Felix Bressart

    as Henry Kleber

  • Chick Chandler

    as Bones

  • Russell Hicks

    as Andrew McDowell

  • Diane Fisher

    as Marion Foster

  • George P. Breakston

    as Ambrose

  • Nella Walker

    as Mrs. McDowell

  • Mae Marsh

    as Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)

  • George H. Reed

    as Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman

  • Richard Clarke

    as Tom Harper

  • Al Herman

    as Tambo

  • Charles Trowbridge

    as Mr. Foster

  • George Meeker

    as Henry Foster

  • Leona Roberts

    as Mrs. Foster

  • Charles Tannen

    as Morrison Foster

  • Clara Blandick

    as Mrs. Griffin

  • Harry Hayden

    as Erwin

  • Esther Dale

    as Temperance Woman

  • Herbert Ashley

    as Detective

  • Matthew Beard

    as Negro Boy

  • Georgie Billings

    as Office Boy

  • James Blaine

    as Bartender

  • Georgia Caine

    as Ann Rowan

  • Les Clark

    as Specialty

  • Dora Clement

    as Nurse

  • Ruth Clifford

    as Bit Role

  • Hal K. Dawson

    as Drunken Man on Riverboat

  • Dorothy Dearing

    as Bit Role

  • Harry Denny

    as Guest

  • Harry Depp

    as Dresser

  • Claire Du Brey

    as Woman in Cafe

  • Edward Earle

    as Master of Ceremonies

  • Jesse Graves

    as Butler

  • Kay Griffith

    as Bit Role

  • Charles Halton

    as Pond

  • John Hamilton

    as Doctor

  • Eleanor Hansen

    as Bit Role

  • Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

    as Agitator

  • Tommy Hicks

    as Fat Boy

  • Robert Homans

    as Sheriff

  • Jean Houghton

    as Guest

  • Selmer Jackson

    as Army Medical Examiner

  • Gladden James

    as Hotel Clerk

  • Thaddeus Jones

    as Dan

  • Robert Emmett Keane

    as Drunken Agitator

  • Wright Kramer

    as Doctor

  • Edward LeSaint

    as Jonathan Fry, Justice of the Peace

  • George Magrill

    as Agitator

  • Bruce Mitchell

    as Jailer

  • Bert Moorhouse

    as Attendant

  • James C. Morton

    as Bartender

  • Daisy Lee Mothershed

    as Maid

  • Forbes Murray

    as Critic

  • David Newell

    as Guest

  • William Newell

    as Bill, Stagehand

  • George O'Hanlon

    as Ticket Taker

  • Arthur Rankin

    as Clerk

  • Herbert Rawlinson

    as Army Officer

  • Tom Seidel

    as Bellboy

  • Larry Steers

    as Man on Riverboat

  • Harry Strang

    as Boat Captain

  • Harry Tenbrook

    as Jim, Saloon Waiter

  • Harry Tyler

    as Pianist

  • Bruce Warren

    as Orchestra Leader

  • Billy Wayne

    as Agitator

  • Cecil Weston

    as Landlady

  • Lloyd Whitlock

    as Critic
Directing Sidney Lanfield Director
Writing John Taintor Foote Screenplay
Writing Philip Dunne Screenplay
Production Darryl F. Zanuck Producer
Editing Louis R. Loeffler Editor
Art Richard Day Art Direction
Art Joseph C. Wright Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Royer Costume Design
Camera Bert Glennon Director of Photography
Sound Louis Silvers Original Music Composer

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