Swanee River

Swanee River (1939)

Released: 1939-12-29 Duration: 1hr 24min
Genres: Drama Music Thriller
Rating 6.5
The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour

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.

Production Companies

20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 4.02

Directed By

Sidney Lanfield

Crew

Director
Sidney Lanfield
Screenplay
John Taintor Foote
Screenplay
Philip Dunne
Art Direction
Richard Day
Art Direction
Joseph C. Wright
Costume Design
Royer
Director of Photography
Bert Glennon
Original Music Composer
Louis Silvers

TOP 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

Russell Hicks
Russell Hicks

Andrew McDowell

Diane Fisher
Diane Fisher

Marion Foster

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

Al Herman
Al Herman

Tambo

George Meeker
George Meeker

Henry Foster

Leona Roberts
Leona Roberts

Mrs. Foster

Charles Tannen
Charles Tannen

Morrison Foster

Clara Blandick
Clara Blandick

Mrs. Griffin

Esther Dale
Esther Dale

Temperance Woman

Herbert Ashley
Herbert Ashley

Detective

Matthew Beard
Matthew Beard

Negro Boy

Georgie Billings
Georgie Billings

Office Boy

James Blaine
James Blaine

Bartender

Georgia Caine
Georgia Caine

Ann Rowan

Les Clark
Les Clark

Specialty

Ruth Clifford
Ruth Clifford

Bit Role

Hal K. Dawson
Hal K. Dawson

Drunken Man on Riverboat

Harry Depp
Harry Depp

Dresser

Claire Du Brey
Claire Du Brey

Woman in Cafe

Edward Earle
Edward Earle

Master of Ceremonies

Kay Griffith
Kay Griffith

Bit Role

Eleanor Hansen
Eleanor Hansen

Bit Role

Tommy Hicks
Tommy Hicks

Fat Boy

Selmer Jackson
Selmer Jackson

Army Medical Examiner

Gladden James
Gladden James

Hotel Clerk

Robert Emmett Keane
Robert Emmett Keane

Drunken Agitator

Edward LeSaint
Edward LeSaint

Jonathan Fry, Justice of the Peace

George Magrill
George Magrill

Agitator

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