Sidney Franklin (director)

Sidney Arnold Franklin (March 21, 1893 – May 18, 1972)^[1] was an American film director and producer. Franklin, like William C. deMille, specialized in adapting literary works or Broadway stage plays.^[2]

His brother Chester Franklin (1889–1954) also became a director during the silent film era best known for directing the early Technicolor film 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 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
• Smilin' Through (1922)
• Her Sister from Paris (1925)
• Beverly of Graustark (1926)
• The Actress (1928)
• The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)
• Wild Orchids (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)
• Duel in the Sun (1946)

Producer

• Ninotchka (1939) (associate producer)
• Waterloo Bridge (1940)
• Mrs. Miniver (1942)
• Random Harvest (1942)
• 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)

References

External links

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

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