Cover of 'Your Song Album of favourite Stephen C. Foster southern melodies' as featured in Swanee River in technicolour! A 20th Century-Fox Picture, 1940

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TitleCover of 'Your Song Album of favourite Stephen C. Foster southern melodies' as featured in Swanee River in technicolour! A 20th Century-Fox Picture, 1940 Additional InformationThe technicolour film, Swanee River was screened at the Majestic Theatre, Pomona. Front cover stamped 'Pomona 15 FEB 1941'. Rear cover shows Images of the featured actors Don Ameche and Andrea Leeds, a list of other key stars and the film title 'Swanee River: The story of Stephen C. Foster, the Great American Troubadour!' Description reads 'Thrilling on the screen! Colourful days of minstrels and river boats! Stirring drama of the stormy love that put America's joys and sorrows to music! The American songwriter Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) was primarily known for his parlour and minstrel music. He wrote the words and music to the song Swanee River' (Old Folks Home') in 1851. The film, a fictionalized biography of his life, premiered in the United States in December 1939.Date1940Image NoM864612|M864613

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LocalityPomonaPlaceMajestic TheatreCollectionMajestic Theatre Memorabilia Collection

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Cover of 'Your Song Album of favourite Stephen C. Foster southern melodies' as featured in Swanee River in technicolour! A 20th Century-Fox Picture, 1940

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Cover of 'Your Song Album of favourite Stephen C. Foster southern melodies' as featured in Swanee River in technicolour! A 20th Century-Fox Picture, 1940