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	Louis Silvers
Production company	20th Century-Fox
Distributed by	20th Century-Fox
Release date	December 30, 1939 (1939-12-30) (US)[1]
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.