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Swanee River [118328]
Released: 1939-12-29
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Profit: $0
Runtime: 84 mins
Popularity: 0.3642
Vote Average: 6.667
Vote Count: 3
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.

Cast [69]

Don Ameche — Don Ameche
Stephen Foster

Andrea Leeds — Andrea Leeds
Jane McDowell Fo

Al Jolson — Al Jolson
Edwin P. Christy

Felix Bressart — Felix Bressart
Henry Kleber

Chick Chandler — Chick Chandler
Bones

Russell Hicks — Russell Hicks
Andrew McDowell

Diane Fisher — Diane Fisher
Marion Foster

George P. Breakston — George P. Breakston
Ambrose

Nella Walker — Nella Walker
Mrs. McDowell

Mae Marsh — Mae Marsh
Mrs. Jonathan Fr

George H. Reed — George H. Reed
Old Joe, McDowel

Richard Clarke — Richard Clarke
Tom Harper

Al Herman — Al Herman
Tambo

Charles Trowbridge — Charles Trowbridge
Mr. Foster

George Meeker — George Meeker
Henry Foster

Leona Roberts — Leona Roberts
Mrs. Foster

Charles Tannen — Charles Tannen
Morrison Foster

Clara Blandick — Clara Blandick
Mrs. Griffin

Harry Hayden — Harry Hayden
Erwin

Esther Dale — Esther Dale
Temperance Woman

Herbert Ashley — Herbert Ashley
Detective

Matthew Beard — Matthew Beard
Negro Boy

Georgie Billings — Georgie Billings
Office Boy

James Blaine — James Blaine
Bartender

Georgia Caine — Georgia Caine
Ann Rowan

Les Clark — Les Clark
Specialty

Dora Clement — Dora Clement
Nurse

Ruth Clifford — Ruth Clifford
Bit Role

Hal K. Dawson — Hal K. Dawson
Drunken Man on R

Dorothy Dearing — Dorothy Dearing
Bit Role

Harry Denny — Harry Denny
Guest

Harry Depp — Harry Depp
Dresser

Claire Du Brey — Claire Du Brey
Woman in Cafe

Edward Earle — Edward Earle
Master of Ceremo

Jesse Graves — Jesse Graves
Butler

Kay Griffith — Kay Griffith
Bit Role

Charles Halton — Charles Halton
Pond

John Hamilton — John Hamilton
Doctor

Eleanor Hansen — Eleanor Hansen
Bit Role

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian — Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Agitator

Tommy Hicks — Tommy Hicks
Fat Boy

Robert Homans — Robert Homans
Sheriff

Jean Houghton — Jean Houghton
Guest

Selmer Jackson — Selmer Jackson
Army Medical Exa

Gladden James — Gladden James
Hotel Clerk

Thaddeus Jones — Thaddeus Jones
Dan

Robert Emmett Keane — Robert Emmett Keane
Drunken Agitator

Wright Kramer — Wright Kramer
Doctor

Edward LeSaint — Edward LeSaint
Jonathan Fry, Ju

George Magrill — George Magrill
Agitator

Bruce Mitchell — Bruce Mitchell
Jailer

Bert Moorhouse — Bert Moorhouse
Attendant

James C. Morton — James C. Morton
Bartender

Daisy Lee Mothershed — Daisy Lee Mothershed
Maid

Forbes Murray — Forbes Murray
Critic

David Newell — David Newell
Guest

William Newell — William Newell
Bill, Stagehand

George O'Hanlon — George O'Hanlon
Ticket Taker

Arthur Rankin — Arthur Rankin
Clerk

Herbert Rawlinson — Herbert Rawlinson
Army Officer

Tom Seidel — Tom Seidel
Bellboy

Larry Steers — Larry Steers
Man on Riverboat

Harry Strang — Harry Strang
Boat Captain

Harry Tenbrook — Harry Tenbrook
Jim, Saloon Wait

Harry Tyler — Harry Tyler
Pianist

Bruce Warren — Bruce Warren
Orchestra Leader

Billy Wayne — Billy Wayne
Agitator

Cecil Weston — Cecil Weston
Landlady

Lloyd Whitlock — Lloyd Whitlock
Critic

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