Swanee River (1939 film)
| Swanee River | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sidney Lanfield |
| Written by | John Taintor Foote Philip Dunne |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Starring | Don Ameche Andrea Leeds Al Jolson Felix Bressart |
| Cinematography | Bert Glennon |
| Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
| Music by | Robert Russell Bennett (uncredited) David Buttolph (uncredited) Cyril J. Mockridge (uncredited) Rudy Schrager (uncredited) |
Production company | 20th Century-Fox |
| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Language | English |
Swanee River is a 1939 American biographical musical drama film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, Al Jolson, and Felix Bressart. It is a 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 biographical films of the time, the film was more fictional than it was factual.