---
title: 'Swanee River (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sidney Lanfield'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 84
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/swanee-river-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031996/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Swanee River (1940)

1940 · 84 min · Drama, History, Music · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sidney Lanfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-lanfield)
- **Screenplay:** [Philip Dunne](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-dunne)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Robert Russell Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-russell-bennett)
- **Producer:** [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/darryl-f-zanuck)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bert Glennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-glennon)
- **Editor:** [Louis R. Loeffler](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-r-loeffler)

## Cast

- [Esther Dale](https://cinepixo.com/people/esther-dale)
- [Al Herman](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-herman)
- [Felix Bressart](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-bressart)
- [Nella Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/nella-walker)
- [Harry Hayden](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-hayden)
- [George Meeker](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-meeker)
- [Andrea Leeds](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-leeds)
- [Mae Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-marsh)
- [Charles Trowbridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-trowbridge)
- [Al Jolson](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-jolson)
- [Russell Hicks](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-hicks)
- [Clara Blandick](https://cinepixo.com/people/clara-blandick)
- [Leona Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/leona-roberts)
- [Hall Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/hall-johnson)
- [Edward LeSaint](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-lesaint)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/swanee-river-1940
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