Swanee River
More fictional than factual biography of Stephen Foster. Songwriter from Pittsburgh falls in love with the South, marries a Southern gal (Leeds), then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out.
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"SWANEE RIVER (20th Century-Fox, 1939), directed by Sidney Lanfield, is the second adaptation on the life of American composer Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864). An earlier version, titled HARMONY LANE (Mascot, 1935) starred Douglass Montgomery, and the third and last incarnation (to date) became I DREAM OF JEANNIE (Republic, 1952) with Bill Shirley as Foster. Having seen all three screen treatments at one time or another over the years, the vote goes to the 1939 version as the best of the trio. For this screen version, it stars Don Ameche as Foster, an absent-minded but good-natured strugglin..."
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The penultimate on-screen performance of Al Jolson.
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More fictional than factual biography of Stephen Foster. Songwriter from Pittsburgh falls in love with the South, marries a Southern gal (Leeds), then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out.