Swanee River

Name: Swanee River
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Genre: Drama, Music, Thriller
Released: 1939-12-29
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, Al Jolson, Felix Bressart, Chick Chandler

“The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour”

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 Lanfield

7.0

1939

84 mins

Languages:English

DramaMusicThriller

Production:

20th Century Fox