Swanee River
(1939)

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

Released: 1939-12-29

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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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Don Ameche

as Stephen Foster

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Andrea Leeds

as Jane McDowell Foster

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Al Jolson

as Edwin P. Christy

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Felix Bressart

as Henry Kleber

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Russell Hicks

as Andrew McDowell

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Nella Walker

as Mrs. McDowell

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Mae Marsh

as Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)

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George H. Reed

as Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman

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Richard Clarke

as Tom Harper

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George Meeker

as Henry Foster

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Leona Roberts

as Mrs. Foster

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Charles Tannen

as Morrison Foster

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Clara Blandick

as Mrs. Griffin

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Esther Dale

as Temperance Woman

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Royer

Costume Design

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Bert Glennon

Director of Photography

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Louis Silvers

Original Music Composer

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