Swanee River
movie
The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour
Released December 29, 1939
Overview
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.
Cast
Don Ameche
as
Stephen Foster
Andrea Leeds
as
Jane McDowell Foster
Al Jolson
as
Edwin P. Christy
Felix Bressart
as
Henry Kleber
Chick Chandler
as
Bones
Russell Hicks
as
Andrew McDowell
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Diane Fisher
as
Marion Foster
George P. Breakston
as
Ambrose
Nella Walker
as
Mrs. McDowell
Mae Marsh
as
Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)
George H. Reed
as
Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman
Richard Clarke
as
Tom Harper
Crew
Sidney Lanfield
as
Director
Philip Dunne
as
Screenplay
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Louis R. Loeffler
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Editor
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Darryl F. Zanuck
as
Producer
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Royer
as
Costume Design
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Joseph C. Wright
as
Art Direction
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Richard Day
as
Art Direction
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John Taintor Foote
as
Screenplay
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Bert Glennon
as
Director of Photography
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Louis Silvers
as
Original Music Composer