Swanee River (1939)
1h 24m
Running Time
December 29, 1939Release Date
Swanee River (1939)
1h 24m
Running Time
December 29, 1939Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Don Ameche
Stephen Foster
Andrea Leeds
Jane McDowell Foster
Al Jolson
Edwin P. Christy
Chick Chandler
Bones
Felix Bressart
Henry Kleber
Sidney Lanfield
Director
Russell Hicks
Andrew McDowell
John Taintor Foote
Writer
Diane Fisher
Marion Foster
Philip Dunne
Writer
George P. Breakston
Ambrose
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Nella Walker
Mrs. McDowell
Bert Glennon
Cinematographer
Mae Marsh
Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)
George H. Reed
Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman
Louis R. Loeffler
Editor
Richard Clarke
Tom Harper
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
Herbert Ashley
Detective
Matthew Beard
Negro Boy
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
Dorothy Dearing
Bit Role
Harry Denny
Guest
Harry Depp
Dresser
Claire Du Brey
Woman in Cafe
Edward Earle
Master of Ceremonies
Jesse Graves
Butler
Kay Griffith
Bit Role
Charles Halton
Pond
John Hamilton
Doctor
Eleanor Hansen
Bit Role
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Agitator
Tommy Hicks
Fat Boy
Robert Homans
Sheriff
Jean Houghton
Guest
Selmer Jackson
Army Medical Examiner
Gladden James
Hotel Clerk
Thaddeus Jones
Dan
Robert Emmett Keane
Drunken Agitator
Wright Kramer
Doctor
Edward LeSaint
Jonathan Fry, Justice of the Peace
George Magrill
Agitator
Bruce Mitchell
Jailer
Bert Moorhouse
Attendant
James C. Morton
Bartender
Daisy Lee Mothershed
Maid
Forbes Murray
Critic
David Newell
Guest
William Newell
Bill, Stagehand
George O'Hanlon
Ticket Taker
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 29, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 24m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Swanee River is a 1939 American film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, Al Jolson, and Felix Bressart. It is a 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 biographical films of the time, the film was more fictional than it was factual.