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Swanee River (1939)

6.7 | Dec 29, 1939 (US) | Drama, Music, Thriller | 01:24

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

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
Stephen Foster
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Andrea Leeds
Jane McDowell Foster
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Al Jolson
Edwin P. Christy
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Felix Bressart
Henry Kleber
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Russell Hicks
Andrew McDowell
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Diane Fisher
Marion Foster
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Nella Walker
Mrs. McDowell
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Mae Marsh
Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)