Swanee River

Swanee River

29/12/1939 1h 24m 6.7/10

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.

Director

Sidney Lanfield

Top Billed Cast

Andrea Leeds

Andrea Leeds

Jane McDowell Foster

Don Ameche

Don Ameche

Stephen Foster

Chick Chandler

Chick Chandler

Bones

Russell Hicks

Russell Hicks

Andrew McDowell

Al Jolson

Al Jolson

Edwin P. Christy

Felix Bressart

Felix Bressart

Henry Kleber

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