Swanee River
The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour
1939-12-29 | 84 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Don AmecheStephen Foster
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Andrea LeedsJane McDowell Foster
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Al JolsonEdwin P. Christy
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Felix BressartHenry Kleber
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Chick ChandlerBones
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Russell HicksAndrew McDowell
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George P. BreakstonAmbrose
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Nella WalkerMrs. McDowell
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Mae MarshMrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)
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Richard ClarkeTom Harper
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Charles TrowbridgeMr. Foster
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George MeekerHenry Foster
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Leona RobertsMrs. Foster
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Charles TannenMorrison Foster
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Clara BlandickMrs. Griffin
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Harry HaydenErwin
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Esther DaleTemperance Woman
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