Sidney Arnold Franklin (March 21, 1893 – May 18, 1972) was an American
film director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...
and
producer. Franklin, like
William C. deMille, specialized in adapting literary works or Broadway stage plays.
His brother
Chester Franklin
Chester Mortimer Franklin (September 1, 1889 – March 12, 1954) was an American film director and actor active mainly in the silent era. Born in San Francisco, he was the brother of Sidney A. Franklin. In the late 1910s, he co-directed wit ...
(1889–1954) also became a director during the
silent film
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...
era, best known for directing the early
Technicolor
Technicolor is a family of Color motion picture film, color motion picture processes. The first version, Process 1, was introduced in 1916, and improved versions followed over several decades.
Definitive Technicolor movies using three black-and ...
film ''
The Toll of the Sea''.
Franklin's work on radio included directing ''
The Screen Guild Show'' in 1939.
Partial filmography
Director
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Gretchen the Greenhorn'' (1916) co-directed with brother Chester
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A Sister of Six'' (1916) co-directed with brother Chester
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The Little School Ma'am'' (1916)
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Jack and the Beanstalk'' (1917) co-directed with brother Chester
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The Babes in the Woods'' (1917) co-directed with brother Chester
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Treasure Island'' (1918) co-directed with Chester
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The Safety Curtain'' (1918)
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Her Only Way'' (1918)
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The Forbidden City'' (1918)
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The Hoodlum'' (1919)
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A Virtuous Vamp'' (1919) assistant director with David Kirkland
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Courage
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'' (1921)
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Not Guilty'' (1921)
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Smilin' Through'' (1922)
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The Primitive Lover'' (1922)
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Dulcy'' (1923)
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Her Sister from Paris'' (1925)
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Learning to Love'' (1925)
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Beverly of Graustark'' (1926)
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The Actress'' (1928)
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'' (1929)
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Wild Orchids'' (1929)
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Devil-May-Care'' (1929)
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A Lady's Morals'' (1930)
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Private Lives'' (1931)
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Smilin' Through'' (1932)
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street'' (1934)
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street'' (1957; a scene-for-scene remake of the 1934 version)
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The Dark Angel'' (1935)
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The Good Earth'' (1937) - nominated for
Academy Award for Best Director
The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibit ...
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Duel in the Sun'' (1946), uncredited
Producer
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Ninotchka'' (1939) (associate producer)
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Waterloo Bridge
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'' (1940)
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Mrs. Miniver'' (1942)
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Random Harvest'' (1942)
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Bambi
''Bambi'' is a 1942 American Animated film, animated Coming of age, coming-of-age drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Loosely based on Felix Salten's 1923 novel ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'', the ...
'' (1942; animated by Walt Disney Productions while Franklin served as creative consultant)
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Madame Curie'' (1943)
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The White Cliffs of Dover'' (1944)
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The Yearling'' (1946)
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Homecoming'' (1948)
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Command Decision'' (1948)
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The Miniver Story'' (1950)
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Fearless Fagan'' (1952) (associate producer)
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Sky Full of Moon'' (1952)
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The Story of Three Loves'' (1953)
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Gypsy Colt'' (1953)
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Young Bess'' (1953)
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Torch Song'' (1953)
Actor
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A Rogue's Romance'' (1919) - Burgomaster
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The Man in the Moonlight'' (1919) - Pierre Delorme
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Down Home'' (1920) - Cash Bailey
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The Blue Moon'' (1920) - Louie Solomon
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Fashion Row'' (1923)
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Ben-Hur'' (1925) - Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
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Mrs. Miniver'' (1942) - Man at Flower Show (uncredited) (final film role)
References
External links
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Sidney Franklin; AllMovie.com bio
1893 births
1972 deaths
Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Film directors from San Francisco
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American people of German descent