Swanee River(1939)
movie - first aired/released 1939-12-29 - audience 7.0
Directed by Sidney Lanfield
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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Cast
- Al HermanTambo
Al JolsonEdwin P. Christy
Andrea LeedsJane McDowell Foster
Billy WayneAgitator- Bruce MitchellJailer
- Cecil WestonLandlady
Charles TannenMorrison Foster
Charles TrowbridgeMr. Foster
Chick ChandlerBones
Claire Du BreyWoman in Cafe
Clara BlandickMrs. Griffin
David NewellGuest- Diane FisherMarion Foster
Dora ClementNurse- Dorothy DearingBit Role
Edward EarleMaster of Ceremonies
Forbes MurrayCritic
George H. ReedOld Joe, McDowell's Coachman
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George MeekerHenry Foster
George O'HanlonTicket Taker- Georgie BillingsOffice Boy
Gladden JamesHotel Clerk
Harry DeppDresser
Harry HaydenErwin
Harry StrangBoat Captain
Harry TenbrookJim, Saloon Waiter
Harry TylerPianist
James BlaineBartender
James C. MortonBartender
Jesse GravesButler
John HamiltonDoctor
Larry SteersMan on Riverboat
Mae MarshMrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)
Nella WalkerMrs. McDowell- Oscar 'Dutch' HendrianAgitator
Richard ClarkeTom Harper
Robert Emmett KeaneDrunken Agitator
Russell HicksAndrew McDowell- Thaddeus JonesDan
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