Swanee River
29/12/1939
1h 24m



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
Al Herman
Tambo


Charles Trowbridge
Mr. Foster


George Meeker
Henry Foster


Leona Roberts
Mrs. Foster


Charles Tannen
Morrison Foster


Clara Blandick
Mrs. Griffin


Harry Hayden
Erwin


Esther Dale
Temperance Woman
Herbert Ashley
Detective


Matthew Beard
Negro Boy
Georgie Billings
Office Boy


James Blaine
Bartender


Georgia Caine
Ann Rowan


Les Clark
Specialty


Dora Clement
Nurse


Ruth Clifford
Bit Role


Hal K. Dawson
Drunken Man on Riverboat
Dorothy Dearing
Bit Role
Harry Denny
Guest


Harry Depp
Dresser


Claire Du Brey
Woman in Cafe


Edward Earle
Master of Ceremonies


Jesse Graves
Butler
Kay Griffith
Bit Role


Charles Halton
Pond


John Hamilton
Doctor


Eleanor Hansen
Bit Role
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Agitator
Tommy Hicks
Fat Boy


Robert Homans
Sheriff
Jean Houghton
Guest


Selmer Jackson
Army Medical Examiner


Gladden James
Hotel Clerk
Thaddeus Jones
Dan


Robert Emmett Keane
Drunken Agitator
Wright Kramer
Doctor


Edward LeSaint
Jonathan Fry, Justice of the Peace


George Magrill
Agitator
Bruce Mitchell
Jailer
Bert Moorhouse
Attendant


James C. Morton
Bartender
Daisy Lee Mothershed
Maid


Forbes Murray
Critic


David Newell
Guest


William Newell
Bill, Stagehand


George O'Hanlon
Ticket Taker


Arthur Rankin
Clerk


Herbert Rawlinson
Army Officer


Tom Seidel
Bellboy


Larry Steers
Man on Riverboat


Harry Strang
Boat Captain


Harry Tenbrook
Jim, Saloon Waiter


Harry Tyler
Pianist
Bruce Warren
Orchestra Leader


Billy Wayne
Agitator
Cecil Weston
Landlady


Lloyd Whitlock
Critic
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