Swanee River (1939)
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
Writers:
John Taintor Foote, Philip Dunne.
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Don Ameche as Stephen Foster |
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Andrea Leeds as Jane McDowell Foster |
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Al Jolson as Edwin P. Christy |
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Felix Bressart as Henry Kleber |
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Chick Chandler as Bones |
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Russell Hicks as Andrew McDowell |
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Diane Fisher as Marion Foster |
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George P. Breakston as Ambrose |
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Nella Walker as Mrs. McDowell |
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Mae Marsh as Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited) |
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George H. Reed as Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman |
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Richard Clarke as Tom Harper |
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Al Herman as Tambo |
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Charles Trowbridge as Mr. Foster |
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George Meeker as Henry Foster |
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Leona Roberts as Mrs. Foster |
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Charles Tannen as Morrison Foster |
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Clara Blandick as Mrs. Griffin |
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Harry Hayden as Erwin |
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Esther Dale as Temperance Woman |
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Herbert Ashley as Detective |
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Matthew Beard as Negro Boy |
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Georgie Billings as Office Boy |
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James Blaine as Bartender |
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Georgia Caine as Ann Rowan |
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Les Clark as Specialty |
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Dora Clement as Nurse |
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Ruth Clifford as Bit Role |
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Hal K. Dawson as Drunken Man on Riverboat |
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Dorothy Dearing as Bit Role |
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Harry Denny as Guest |
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Harry Depp as Dresser |
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Claire Du Brey as Woman in Cafe |
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Edward Earle as Master of Ceremonies |
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Jesse Graves as Butler |
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Kay Griffith as Bit Role |
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Charles Halton as Pond |
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John Hamilton as Doctor |
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Eleanor Hansen as Bit Role |
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Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian as Agitator |
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Tommy Hicks as Fat Boy |
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Robert Homans as Sheriff |
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Jean Houghton as Guest |
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Selmer Jackson as Army Medical Examiner |
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Gladden James as Hotel Clerk |
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Thaddeus Jones as Dan |
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Robert Emmett Keane as Drunken Agitator |
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Wright Kramer as Doctor |
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Edward LeSaint as Jonathan Fry, Justice of the Peace |
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George Magrill as Agitator |
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Bruce Mitchell as Jailer |
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Bert Moorhouse as Attendant |
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James C. Morton as Bartender |
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Daisy Lee Mothershed as Maid |
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Forbes Murray as Critic |
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David Newell as Guest |
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William Newell as Bill, Stagehand |
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George O'Hanlon as Ticket Taker |
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Arthur Rankin as Clerk |
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Herbert Rawlinson as Army Officer |
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Tom Seidel as Bellboy |
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Larry Steers as Man on Riverboat |
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Harry Strang as Boat Captain |
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Harry Tenbrook as Jim, Saloon Waiter |
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Harry Tyler as Pianist |
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Bruce Warren as Orchestra Leader |
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Billy Wayne as Agitator |
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Cecil Weston as Landlady |
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Lloyd Whitlock as Critic |
| Directing | Sidney Lanfield | Director |
| Editing | Louis R. Loeffler | Editor |
| Art | Joseph C. Wright | Art Direction |
| Writing | John Taintor Foote | Screenplay |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
| Writing | Philip Dunne | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Royer | Costume Design |
| Camera | Bert Glennon | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Louis Silvers | Original Music Composer |