Swanee River

Swanee River
1939-12-29
84
Released
The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour

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.



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Don Ameche

Don Ameche

Stephen Foster
Andrea Leeds

Andrea Leeds

Jane McDowell Foster
Al Jolson

Al Jolson

Edwin P. Christy
Felix Bressart

Felix Bressart

Henry Kleber
Chick Chandler

Chick Chandler

Bones
Russell Hicks

Russell Hicks

Andrew McDowell

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