The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Sidney LanfieldDirector
- John Taintor FooteScreenplay
- Philip DunneScreenplay
- Louis SilversOriginal Music Composer
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
Stills
Themes
biographysongwriter