Sidney Franklin (director)

Sidney Arnold Franklin (March 21, 1893 – May 18, 1972) was an American film director and producer. Franklin, like William C. deMille, specialized in adapting literary works or Broadway stage plays.^[1]

Sidney Franklin
Franklin in 1920
Born	Sidney Arnold Franklin (1893-03-21)March 21, 1893 San Francisco, California, US
Died	May 18, 1972(1972-05-18) (aged 79) Santa Monica, California, US
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Spouses	Ann Denitz ​ ​ (m. 1916; div. 1933)​ Ruth Helms ​ ​ (m. 1937; died 1960)​ Enid Bennett ​ ​ (m. 1963; died 1969)​
Children	1

His brother Chester Franklin (1889–1954) also became a director during the silent film era, best known for directing the early Technicolor film The Toll of the Sea.

Partial filmography

Director

• Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916) co-directed with brother Chester
• A Sister of Six (1916) co-directed with brother Chester
• The Little School Ma'am (1916)
• Jack and the Beanstalk (1917) co-directed with brother Chester
• The Babes in the Woods (1917) co-directed with brother Chester
• Treasure Island (1918) co-directed with Chester
• The Safety Curtain (1918)
• Her Only Way (1918)
• The Forbidden City (1918)
• The Hoodlum (1919)
• A Virtuous Vamp (1919) assistant director with David Kirkland
• Courage (1921)
• Not Guilty (1921)
• Smilin' Through (1922)
• The Primitive Lover (1922)
• Dulcy (1923)
• Her Sister from Paris (1925)
• Learning to Love (1925)
• Beverly of Graustark (1926)
• The Actress (1928)
• The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)
• Wild Orchids (1929)
• Devil-May-Care (1929)
• A Lady's Morals (1930)
• Private Lives (1931)
• Smilin' Through (1932)
• The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
• The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957; a scene-for-scene remake of the 1934 version)
• The Dark Angel (1935)
• The Good Earth (1937) - nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
• Duel in the Sun (1946), uncredited

Producer

• Ninotchka (1939) (associate producer)
• Waterloo Bridge (1940)
• Mrs. Miniver (1942)
• Random Harvest (1942)
• Bambi (1942; animated by Walt Disney Productions while Franklin served as creative consultant)
• Madame Curie (1943)
• The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
• The Yearling (1946)
• Homecoming (1948)
• Command Decision (1948)
• The Miniver Story (1950)
• Fearless Fagan (1952) (associate producer)
• Sky Full of Moon (1952)
• The Story of Three Loves (1953)
• Gypsy Colt (1953)
• Young Bess (1953)
• Torch Song (1953)

Actor

• A Rogue's Romance (1919) - Burgomaster
• The Man in the Moonlight (1919) - Pierre Delorme
• Down Home (1920) - Cash Bailey
• The Blue Moon (1920) - Louie Solomon
• Fashion Row (1923)
• Ben-Hur (1925) - Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
• Mrs. Miniver (1942) - Man at Flower Show (uncredited) (final film role)

References

1. Vazzana, Eugene Michael (2001). Silent Film Necrology (2 ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 181. ISBN 0-7864-1059-0. OCLC 46822379.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sidney Franklin (director).

• Sidney Franklin at IMDb
• Sidney Franklin; AllMovie.com bio