Swanee River
DEC 29, 1939 · 84 MIN · DIR. SIDNEY LANFIELD
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
Don Ameche
Stephen Foster
Andrea Leeds
Jane McDowell Foster
Al Jolson
Edwin P. Christy
Felix Bressart
Henry Kleber
Chick Chandler
Bones
Russell Hicks
Andrew McDowell
Diane Fisher
Marion Foster
George P. Breakston
Ambrose
Nella Walker
Mrs. McDowell
Mae Marsh
Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)
George H. Reed
Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman
Richard Clarke
Tom Harper
Crew
Screenplay
John Taintor Foote
Screenplay
Philip Dunne
Director of Photography
Bert Glennon
Editor
Louis R. Loeffler
Original Music Composer
Louis Silvers
Producer
Darryl F. Zanuck
