Swanee River (1939)

Name: Swanee River
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Music
Released: 1939-12-29
Duration: 1 hr 24 min
Cast: Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, Al Jolson, Felix Bressart, Chick Chandler

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

StarringDon AmecheAndrea LeedsAl Jolson

DirectorSidney Lanfield

NR 1 hr 24 minDec 29th, 1939Drama, Thriller, Music

Plot

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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