Swanee River
The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour
6.667 / 10
English / 84 min. / 1939-12-29
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.
Cast:
Don Ameche
as Stephen Foster
Andrea Leeds
as Jane McDowell Foster
Al Jolson
as Edwin P. Christy
Felix Bressart
as Henry Kleber
Chick Chandler
as Bones
Russell Hicks
as Andrew McDowell
Diane Fisher
as Marion Foster
George P. Breakston
as Ambrose
Nella Walker
as Mrs. McDowell
Mae Marsh
as Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)
George H. Reed
as Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman
Richard Clarke
as Tom Harper
Al Herman
as Tambo
Charles Trowbridge
as Mr. Foster
George Meeker
as Henry Foster
Leona Roberts
as Mrs. Foster
Charles Tannen
as Morrison Foster
Clara Blandick
as Mrs. Griffin
Harry Hayden
as Erwin
Esther Dale
as Temperance Woman
Herbert Ashley
as Detective
Matthew Beard
as Negro Boy
Georgie Billings
as Office Boy
James Blaine
as Bartender
Georgia Caine
as Ann Rowan
Les Clark
as Specialty
Dora Clement
as Nurse
Ruth Clifford
as Bit Role
Hal K. Dawson
as Drunken Man on Riverboat
Dorothy Dearing
as Bit Role
Harry Denny
as Guest
Harry Depp
as Dresser
Claire Du Brey
as Woman in Cafe
Edward Earle
as Master of Ceremonies
Jesse Graves
as Butler
Kay Griffith
as Bit Role
Charles Halton
as Pond
John Hamilton
as Doctor
Eleanor Hansen
as Bit Role
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
as Agitator
Tommy Hicks
as Fat Boy
Robert Homans
as Sheriff
Jean Houghton
as Guest
Selmer Jackson
as Army Medical Examiner
Gladden James
as Hotel Clerk
Thaddeus Jones
as Dan
Robert Emmett Keane
as Drunken Agitator
Wright Kramer
as Doctor
Edward LeSaint
as Jonathan Fry, Justice of the Peace
George Magrill
as Agitator
Bruce Mitchell
as Jailer
Bert Moorhouse
as Attendant
James C. Morton
as Bartender
Daisy Lee Mothershed
as Maid
Forbes Murray
as Critic
David Newell
as Guest
William Newell
as Bill, Stagehand
George O'Hanlon
as Ticket Taker
Arthur Rankin
as Clerk
Herbert Rawlinson
as Army Officer
Tom Seidel
as Bellboy
Larry Steers
as Man on Riverboat
Harry Strang
as Boat Captain
Harry Tenbrook
as Jim, Saloon Waiter
Harry Tyler
as Pianist
Bruce Warren
as Orchestra Leader
Billy Wayne
as Agitator
Cecil Weston
as Landlady
Lloyd Whitlock
as Critic