Swanee River
The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour
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.
Directed by Sidney Lanfield · Written by Philip Dunne
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Cast
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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
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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
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