Swanee River Trailer

Swanee River Trailer (1939)

"The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour" 29 December 1939 Drama, Thriller, Music 84 mins

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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Cast

Don Ameche

as Stephen Foster

Andrea Leeds

as Jane McDowell Foster

Al Jolson

as Edwin P. Christy

Felix Bressart

as Henry Kleber

Russell Hicks

as Andrew McDowell

Diane Fisher

as Marion Foster

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

Al Herman

as Tambo

Charles Trowbridge

as Mr. Foster

George Meeker

as Henry Foster

Leona Roberts

as Mrs. Foster

Crew

Joseph C. Wright

Joseph C. Wright Art Direction

Richard Day

Richard Day Art Direction

Royer

Royer Costume Design

Bert Glennon

Bert Glennon Director of Photography

Louis Silvers

Original Music Composer

International Releases Dates

United States 29 December 1939

Production Companies

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