Swanee River
The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour
Rating: 7.0 out of 10TMDB(4 votes)
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment (1940)
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Music
Music by Robert Russell Bennett
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Bert Glennon
Details
- Director
- Writers
- John Taintor FooteScreenplay
- Philip DunneScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 29, 1939
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Production
Cast
Don AmecheStephen Foster
Andrea LeedsJane McDowell Foster
Al JolsonEdwin P. Christy
Felix BressartHenry Kleber
Chick ChandlerBones
Russell HicksAndrew McDowell- Diane FisherMarion Foster
George P. BreakstonAmbrose
Nella WalkerMrs. McDowell
Mae MarshMrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)
George H. ReedOld Joe, McDowell's Coachman
Richard ClarkeTom Harper- Al HermanTambo
Charles TrowbridgeMr. Foster
George MeekerHenry Foster
Leona RobertsMrs. Foster
Charles TannenMorrison Foster
Clara BlandickMrs. Griffin
Harry HaydenErwin
Esther DaleTemperance Woman
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