Swanee River (1939)
"The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour"

Title: Swanee River
Original Title: Swanee River
Release Date: 1939-12-29
Status: Released
Rating: 6.5/10 (from 2 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, Music, Thriller
Production Companies: 20th Century Fox
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)