Swanee River (1939)
The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour
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.
Rated
NR
Year
1939
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
29 December 1939
TMDB
7.0 (4)
CineVerse
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Ratings
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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
D
Diane Fisher
Marion Foster
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
A
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
H
Herbert Ashley
Detective
Matthew Beard
Negro Boy
G
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
D
Dorothy Dearing
Bit Role
H
Harry Denny
Guest
Harry Depp
Dresser
Claire Du Brey
Woman in Cafe
Edward Earle
Master of Ceremonies
Jesse Graves
Butler
K
Kay Griffith
Bit Role
Charles Halton
Pond
John Hamilton
Doctor
Eleanor Hansen
Bit Role
O
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Agitator
T
Tommy Hicks
Fat Boy
Robert Homans
Sheriff
J
Jean Houghton
Guest
Selmer Jackson
Army Medical Examiner
Gladden James
Hotel Clerk
T
Thaddeus Jones
Dan
Robert Emmett Keane
Drunken Agitator
W
Wright Kramer
Doctor
Edward LeSaint
Jonathan Fry, Justice of the Peace
George Magrill
Agitator
B
Bruce Mitchell
Jailer
Bert Moorhouse
Attendant
James C. Morton
Bartender
D
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
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