Swanee River
Swanee River
Release: 1939-12-29
·Runtime: 84m
·★ 6.7
Drama
Music
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Cast
Mae Marsh
as Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)
Charles Tannen
as Morrison Foster
Harry Depp
as Dresser
Tom Seidel
as Bellboy
John Hamilton
as Doctor
Gladden James
as Hotel Clerk
Richard Clarke
as Tom Harper
Don Ameche
as Stephen Foster
George H. Reed
as Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman
Selmer Jackson
as Army Medical Examiner
Edward LeSaint
as Jonathan Fry, Justice of the Peace
Arthur Rankin
as Clerk
Felix Bressart
as Henry Kleber
Charles Trowbridge
as Mr. Foster
Dora Clement
as Nurse
Georgia Caine
as Ann Rowan
Herbert Rawlinson
as Army Officer
Al Jolson
as Edwin P. Christy
James Blaine
as Bartender
Jesse Graves
as Butler
James C. Morton
as Bartender
David Newell
as Guest
Leona Roberts
as Mrs. Foster
Ruth Clifford
as Bit Role
George P. Breakston
as Ambrose
Russell Hicks
as Andrew McDowell
Harry Hayden
as Erwin
Esther Dale
as Temperance Woman
Eleanor Hansen
as Bit Role
George Magrill
as Agitator
George O'Hanlon
as Ticket Taker
Harry Tyler
as Pianist
Andrea Leeds
as Jane McDowell Foster
Hal K. Dawson
as Drunken Man on Riverboat
Claire Du Brey
as Woman in Cafe
Harry Strang
as Boat Captain
Matthew Beard
as Negro Boy
Robert Homans
as Sheriff
Les Clark
as Specialty
George Meeker
as Henry Foster
Clara Blandick
as Mrs. Griffin
Harry Tenbrook
as Jim, Saloon Waiter
Billy Wayne
as Agitator
Lloyd Whitlock
as Critic
William Newell
as Bill, Stagehand
Edward Earle
as Master of Ceremonies
Larry Steers
as Man on Riverboat
Nella Walker
as Mrs. McDowell
Charles Halton
as Pond
Chick Chandler
as Bones
Robert Emmett Keane
as Drunken Agitator
Forbes Murray
as Critic