
Swanee River
Drama · Music · Thriller
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.
Top Cast


Don Ameche
Don Ameche
Stephen Foster
Don Ameche
Stephen Foster


Andrea Leeds
Andrea Leeds
Jane McDowell Foster
Andrea Leeds
Jane McDowell Foster


Al Jolson
Al Jolson
Edwin P. Christy
Al Jolson
Edwin P. Christy


Felix Bressart
Felix Bressart
Henry Kleber
Felix Bressart
Henry Kleber


Chick Chandler
Chick Chandler
Bones
Chick Chandler
Bones


Russell Hicks
Russell Hicks
Andrew McDowell
Russell Hicks
Andrew McDowell
Diane Fisher
Diane Fisher
Marion Foster
Diane Fisher
Marion Foster


George P. Breakston
George P. Breakston
Ambrose
George P. Breakston
Ambrose


Nella Walker
Nella Walker
Mrs. McDowell
Nella Walker
Mrs. McDowell


Mae Marsh
Mae Marsh
Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)
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