Swanee River (1939)
The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour
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.
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Cast
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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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Storyline
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.
| Tagline: | The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour |
| Certification: | NR |
Cast
Directed By
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Sidney Lanfield |
Director |
Writing Credits
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Philip Dunne |
Screenplay |
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John Taintor Foote |
Screenplay |
Production Crew
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Darryl F. Zanuck |
Producer |
Edited By
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Louis R. Loeffler |
Editor |
Costume and Makeup
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Royer |
Costume Design |
Sound
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Louis Silvers |
Original Music Composer |
Visual Effects
Camera
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Bert Glennon |
Director of Photography |
Lighting
Art Department
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Joseph C. Wright |
Art Direction |
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Richard Day |
Art Direction |
Other Crew
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