Basic Info
Release: December 29, 1939
Rating: ⭐ 6.7/10 (3 votes)
Swanee River
1939
⭐ 6.7/10
3 votes
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.
Genres
Drama
Music
Thriller
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
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
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
Crew
Sidney Lanfield
Director
Philip Dunne
Screenplay
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
John Taintor Foote
Screenplay
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