Francis Swann

Francis Swann (July 16, 1913 – August 27, 1983)^[1] was a playwright, novelist, and a film and television writer. He wrote several Broadway plays, most notable of which was Out of the Frying Pan.^[1] He wrote a number of screenplays for Warner Bros. and other studios, including the screenplay for 711 Ocean Drive (1950).^[2] Swann also wrote several books including The Brass Key and Royal Street.^[3] He was one of the early writers for the television soap opera Dark Shadows.^[4]

Selected filmography

Belle of Old Mexico (1950)
Force of Impulse (1961)

References

^ ^a ^b "Francis Swann". Playbill.
^ Variety Staff (December 31, 1949). "711 Ocean Drive". Variety.
^ Radcliffe, Elsa J.; Barnes, Mike (1979). Gothic Novels of the Twentieth Century: An Annotated Bibliography. Scarecrow Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-8108-1190-4.
^ Thompson, Jeff (2019). The Television Horrors of Dan Curtis: Dark Shadows, The Night Stalker and Other Productions, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-4766-3633-7.

External links

Francis Swann at IMDb

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[playbill-1] "Francis Swann". Playbill.

[2] Variety Staff (December 31, 1949). "711 Ocean Drive". Variety.

[3] Radcliffe, Elsa J.; Barnes, Mike (1979). Gothic Novels of the Twentieth Century: An Annotated Bibliography. Scarecrow Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-8108-1190-4.

[4] Thompson, Jeff (2019). The Television Horrors of Dan Curtis: Dark Shadows, The Night Stalker and Other Productions, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-4766-3633-7.

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