Swanee River (1939)
1h 24m
Running Time
December 29, 1939Release Date
Swanee River (1939)
1h 24m
Running Time
December 29, 1939Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

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 Reed
Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman

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
Media.




Details.
Release DateDecember 29, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 24m
Content RatingNR
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This Movie Is About.
biography
songwriter
Wiki.
Swanee River is a 1939 American biographical musical drama film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, Al Jolson, and Felix Bressart. It is a 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 biographical films of the time, the film was more fictional than it was factual.
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