Swanee River
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“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.
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Cast
72 people
Don Ameche
Stephen Foster
Known for
Cocoon
Trading Places
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
Negro Boy
Albert Herman
Tambo
Also in
Broncho Billy's Mother
Hollywood Cowboy
Andrea Leeds
Jane McDowell Foster
Known for
Stage Door
Al Jolson
Edwin P. Christy
Known for
The Jazz Singer
Felix Bressart
Henry Kleber
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
The Shop Around the Corner
Chick Chandler
Bones
Known for
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
I Wake Up Screaming
Russell Hicks
Andrew McDowell
Known for
Scarlet Street
The Little Foxes
George Reed
Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman
Diane Fisher
Marion Foster
Also in
The Villain Still Pursued Her
The Blue Bird
George P. Breakston
Ambrose
Also in
No Greater Glory
A Criminal Is Born
Nella Walker
Mrs. McDowell
Known for
Sabrina
I Love You Again
Sidney Lanfield Director · John Taintor Foote Screenplay Philip Dunne Screenplay
United States release December 29, 1939 · Produced in United States · Production 20th Century Studios
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20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 29, 1939
Theatrical
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