Drama ·Music ·Thriller · United States of America · 1939 · 1h 24m

Swanee River

Director

Cast

Don Ameche as Stephen Foster Andrea Leeds as Jane McDowell Foster Al Jolson as Edwin P. Christy Felix Bressart as Henry Kleber Chick Chandler as Bones Russell Hicks as Andrew McDowell

Crew

Bert Glennon — Director of Photography Louis R. Loeffler — Editor Louis Silvers — Original Music Composer Philip Dunne — Screenplay John Taintor Foote — Screenplay Darryl F. Zanuck — Producer

Tagline

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

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.

Mood & Themes

biography songwriter

Key Collaborators

Sidney Lanfield Director Bert Glennon Director of Photography Louis R. Loeffler Editor Louis Silvers Original Music Composer Philip Dunne Screenplay John Taintor Foote Screenplay Darryl F. Zanuck Producer Royer Costume Design

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