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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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Audiences 62GoodWatch 66
IMDb6.2
Running time
1 h 24 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −25 min on the typical 109
typical 10984Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1939
December 29, 1939
87 years ago
Genres
DramaMusicThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Academy Awards1940
- Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment1940Nominated
Rated
- NRUnited States
and 50 more69 people
- Don AmecheStephen Foster
- Andrea LeedsJane McDowell Foster
- Al JolsonEdwin P. Christy
- Felix BressartHenry Kleber
- Chick ChandlerBones
- Russell HicksAndrew McDowell
- DFDiane FisherMarion Foster
- George P. BreakstonAmbrose
- Nella WalkerMrs. McDowell
Mae MarshMrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)
George H. ReedOld Joe, McDowell's Coachman
Richard ClarkeTom Harper- AHAl HermanTambo
Charles TrowbridgeMr. Foster
George MeekerHenry Foster
Leona RobertsMrs. Foster
Charles TannenMorrison Foster
Clara BlandickMrs. Griffin
Harry HaydenErwin
Esther DaleTemperance Woman- HAHerbert AshleyDetective
Matthew BeardNegro Boy- GBGeorgie BillingsOffice Boy
James BlaineBartender
Directing · 1
- Sidney Lanfield Director
Writing · 2
- John Taintor Foote Screenplay
- Philip Dunne Screenplay
Production · 1
- Darryl F. Zanuck Producer
Camera · 1
- Bert Glennon Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Louis R. Loeffler Editor
Sound · 1
- Louis Silvers Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Richard Day Art Direction
- Joseph C. Wright Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Royer Costume Design
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