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Swanee River

Swanee River (1939)

NR
12/29/1939 (US)
01h 24m

The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour

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.

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Don Ameche

Don Ameche

Stephen Foster

Andrea Leeds

Andrea Leeds

Jane McDowell Foster

Al Jolson

Al Jolson

Edwin P. Christy

Felix Bressart

Felix Bressart

Henry Kleber

Russell Hicks

Russell Hicks

Andrew McDowell

DF

Diane Fisher

Marion Foster

Nella Walker

Nella Walker

Mrs. McDowell

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