The Film
Swanee River
The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour
The Story
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.
Runtime
84 min
Released Dec 1939
Gallery
The Stills.
