About
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.
Theatrical
Dec 29, 1939
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20th Century Fox
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Don Ameche
Stephen Foster
A
Andrea Leeds
Jane McDowell Foster
A
Al Jolson
Edwin P. Christy
F
Felix Bressart
Henry Kleber
C
Chick Chandler
Bones
R
Russell Hicks
Andrew McDowell
D
Diane Fisher
Marion Foster
G
George P. Breakston
Ambrose
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Nella Walker
Mrs. McDowell
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Mae Marsh
Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)
G
George H. Reed
Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman
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Richard Clarke
Tom Harper
A
Al Herman
Tambo
C
Charles Trowbridge
Mr. Foster
G
George Meeker
Henry Foster
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Leona Roberts
Mrs. Foster
C
Charles Tannen
Morrison Foster
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Clara Blandick
Mrs. Griffin
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Harry Hayden
Erwin
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Esther Dale
Temperance Woman
