Swanee River (1939)

Swanee River Poster

1h 24min | Drama, Music, Thriller | Dec 29, 1939 | Released

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.

Director: Sidney Lanfield

Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck

Writer(s): John Taintor Foote Philip Dunne

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Cast & Crew

Cast (69 Members)

Henry Kleber

Pond

Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)

Mrs. Griffin

Mrs. Foster

Andrew McDowell

Edwin P. Christy

Doctor

George O'Hanlon

Ticket Taker

Stephen Foster

Jonathan Fry, Justice of the Peace

Nurse

Drunken Man on Riverboat

Temperance Woman

Bones

Master of Ceremonies

Mrs. McDowell

Herbert Rawlinson

Army Officer

Woman in Cafe

Critic

Sheriff

Charles Trowbridge

Mr. Foster

Henry Foster

Erwin

Robert Emmett Keane

Drunken Agitator

Bill, Stagehand

Pianist

Army Medical Examiner

Landlady

Specialty

Morrison Foster

Agitator

Dresser

Tom Harper

George P. Breakston

Ambrose

James C. Morton

Bartender

Attendant

Dorothy Dearing

Bit Role

Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman

Clerk

Boat Captain

Man on Riverboat

Critic

Bellboy

Marion Foster

Bit Role

Matthew 'Stymie' Beard

Negro Boy

Agitator

Tambo

Guest

Jim, Saloon Waiter

Hotel Clerk

Orchestra Leader

Fat Boy

Jane McDowell Foster

Bit Role

Jailer

Ann Rowan

Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian

Agitator

Georgie Billings

Office Boy

Daisy Lee Mothershed

Maid

Bit Role

Bartender

Doctor

Detective

Butler

Guest

Dan

Guest

Felix Bressart Henry Kleber

Charles Halton Pond

Mae Marsh Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)

Clara Blandick Mrs. Griffin

Leona Roberts Mrs. Foster

Russell Hicks Andrew McDowell

Al Jolson Edwin P. Christy

John Hamilton Doctor

George O'Hanlon Ticket Taker

Don Ameche Stephen Foster

Edward LeSaint Jonathan Fry, Justice of the Peace

Dora Clement Nurse

Hal K. Dawson Drunken Man on Riverboat

Esther Dale Temperance Woman

Chick Chandler Bones

Edward Earle Master of Ceremonies

Nella Walker Mrs. McDowell

Herbert Rawlinson Army Officer

Claire Du Brey Woman in Cafe

Lloyd Whitlock Critic

Robert Homans Sheriff

Charles Trowbridge Mr. Foster

George Meeker Henry Foster

Harry Hayden Erwin

Robert Emmett Keane Drunken Agitator

William Newell Bill, Stagehand

Harry Tyler Pianist

Selmer Jackson Army Medical Examiner

Cecil Weston Landlady

Les Clark Specialty

Charles Tannen Morrison Foster

Billy Wayne Agitator

Harry Depp Dresser

Richard Clarke Tom Harper

George P. Breakston Ambrose

James C. Morton Bartender

Bert Moorhouse Attendant

Dorothy Dearing Bit Role

George Reed Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman

Arthur Rankin Clerk

Harry Strang Boat Captain

Larry Steers Man on Riverboat

Forbes Murray Critic

Tom Seidel Bellboy

Diane Fisher Marion Foster

Ruth Clifford Bit Role

Matthew 'Stymie' Beard Negro Boy

George Magrill Agitator

Al Herman Tambo

David Newell Guest

Harry Tenbrook Jim, Saloon Waiter

Gladden James Hotel Clerk

Bruce Warren Orchestra Leader

Tommy Hicks Fat Boy

Andrea Leeds Jane McDowell Foster

Eleanor Hansen Bit Role

Bruce Mitchell Jailer

Georgia Caine Ann Rowan

Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian Agitator

Georgie Billings Office Boy

Daisy Lee Mothershed Maid

Kay Griffith Bit Role

James Blaine Bartender

Wright Kramer Doctor

Herbert Ashley Detective

Jesse Graves Butler

Harry Denny Guest

Thaddeus Jones Dan

Jean Houghton Guest

Crew (9 Members)

Louis R. Loeffler

Editor

John Taintor Foote

Screenplay

Joseph C. Wright

Art Direction

Darryl F. Zanuck

Producer

Art Direction

Director of Photography

Sidney Lanfield

Director

Screenplay

Costume Design

Louis R. Loeffler Editor

John Taintor Foote Screenplay

Joseph C. Wright Art Direction

Darryl F. Zanuck Producer

Richard Day Art Direction

Bert Glennon Director of Photography

Sidney Lanfield Director

Philip Dunne Screenplay

Royer Costume Design

Age At Time Of Release

Louis R. Loeffler

42

47

63

John Taintor Foote

58

Joseph C. Wright

N/A

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