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Swanee River

Swanee River

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.

Cast

Don Ameche

Played Stephen Foster
Andrea Leeds

Played Jane McDowell Foster
Al Jolson

Played Edwin P. Christy
Felix Bressart

Played Henry Kleber
Chick Chandler

Played Bones
Russell Hicks

Played Andrew McDowell
Diane Fisher

Played Marion Foster
George P. Breakston

Played Ambrose
Nella Walker

Played Mrs. McDowell
Mae Marsh

Played Mrs. Jonathan Fry (u…
George H. Reed

Played Old Joe, McDowell's …
Richard Clarke

Played Tom Harper
Al Herman

Played Tambo
Charles Trowbridge

Played Mr. Foster
George Meeker

Played Henry Foster
Leona Roberts

Played Mrs. Foster
Charles Tannen

Played Morrison Foster
Clara Blandick

Played Mrs. Griffin
Harry Hayden

Played Erwin
Esther Dale

Played Temperance Woman
Herbert Ashley

Played Detective
Matthew Beard

Played Negro Boy
Georgie Billings

Played Office Boy
James Blaine

Played Bartender
Georgia Caine

Played Ann Rowan
Les Clark

Played Specialty
Dora Clement

Played Nurse
Ruth Clifford

Played Bit Role
Hal K. Dawson

Played Drunken Man on River…
Dorothy Dearing

Played Bit Role
Harry Denny

Played Guest
Harry Depp

Played Dresser
Claire Du Brey

Played Woman in Cafe
Edward Earle

Played Master of Ceremonies
Jesse Graves

Played Butler
Kay Griffith

Played Bit Role
Charles Halton

Played Pond
John Hamilton

Played Doctor
Eleanor Hansen

Played Bit Role
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendri…

Played Agitator
Tommy Hicks

Played Fat Boy
Robert Homans

Played Sheriff
Jean Houghton

Played Guest
Selmer Jackson

Played Army Medical Examine…
Gladden James

Played Hotel Clerk
Thaddeus Jones

Played Dan
Robert Emmett Keane

Played Drunken Agitator
Wright Kramer

Played Doctor
Edward LeSaint

Played Jonathan Fry, Justic…
George Magrill

Played Agitator
Bruce Mitchell

Played Jailer
Bert Moorhouse

Played Attendant
James C. Morton

Played Bartender
Daisy Lee Mothershed

Played Maid
Forbes Murray

Played Critic
David Newell

Played Guest
William Newell

Played Bill, Stagehand
George O'Hanlon

Played Ticket Taker
Arthur Rankin

Played Clerk
Herbert Rawlinson

Played Army Officer
Tom Seidel

Played Bellboy
Larry Steers

Played Man on Riverboat
Harry Strang

Played Boat Captain
Harry Tenbrook

Played Jim, Saloon Waiter
Harry Tyler

Played Pianist
Bruce Warren

Played Orchestra Leader
Billy Wayne

Played Agitator
Cecil Weston

Played Landlady
Lloyd Whitlock

Played Critic

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