1939
6.7 (3 votes)
1h 24m
Genres
Drama
Music
Thriller
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Swanee River
The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour
Overview
Swanee River is a 1940 American 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 biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography.
Key Crew
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Screenplay: John Taintor Foote, Philip Dunne
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Director of Photography: Bert Glennon
