Swanee River
“The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour”
6.7(3 votes)
December 29, 1939
1h 24m
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.
Director
Sidney LanfieldWriters
John Taintor Foote, Philip Dunne
