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Swanee River

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.

Release Date: 1939-12-29

Original Language: en

Genres: Drama Music Thriller

Rating:

Popularity:

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Cast Members

Don Ameche

Stephen Foster

Andrea Leeds

Jane McDowell Foster

Al Jolson

Edwin P. Christy

Felix Bressart

Henry Kleber

Russell Hicks

Andrew McDowell

Diane Fisher

Marion Foster

Nella Walker

Mrs. McDowell

Mae Marsh

Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)

George H. Reed

Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman

Richard Clarke

Tom Harper

George Meeker

Henry Foster

Leona Roberts

Mrs. Foster

Charles Tannen

Morrison Foster

Clara Blandick

Mrs. Griffin

Esther Dale

Temperance Woman

Matthew Beard

Negro Boy

James Blaine

Bartender

Georgia Caine

Ann Rowan

Les Clark

Specialty

Hal K. Dawson

Drunken Man on Riverboat

Harry Depp

Dresser

Claire Du Brey

Woman in Cafe

Edward Earle

Master of Ceremonies

Selmer Jackson

Army Medical Examiner

Gladden James

Hotel Clerk

Robert Emmett Keane

Drunken Agitator

Edward LeSaint

Jonathan Fry, Justice of the Peace

William Newell

Bill, Stagehand

George O'Hanlon

Ticket Taker

Herbert Rawlinson

Army Officer

Tom Seidel

Bellboy

Larry Steers

Man on Riverboat

Harry Strang

Boat Captain

Harry Tenbrook

Jim, Saloon Waiter

Bruce Warren

Orchestra Leader

Billy Wayne

Agitator