Swanee River
The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour
84 mins
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.
Diane Fisher
Marion Foster
Al Herman
Tambo
Herbert Ashley
Detective
Georgie Billings
Office Boy
Dorothy Dearing
Bit Role
Harry Denny
Guest
Kay Griffith
Bit Role
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Agitator
Tommy Hicks
Fat Boy
Jean Houghton
Guest
Wright Kramer
Doctor
Bruce Mitchell
Jailer
Bert Moorhouse
Attendant
Bruce Warren
Orchestra Leader
Cecil Weston
Landlady
Louis R. Loeffler
Editor
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Royer
Costume Design
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction
Richard Day
Art Direction
John Taintor Foote
Screenplay
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
Louis Silvers
Original Music Composer