Person Detail
Sidney Franklin
Catalogued films 58Director 42Actor 2
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. 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. Franklin's work on radio included directing The Screen Guild Show in 1939.
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
The Good Earth
The Dark Angel
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Reunion in Vienna
Smilin' Through
The Guardsman
Private Lives
The Lady of Scandal
A Lady's Morals
Devil-May-Care
Wild Orchids
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
The Actress
Quality Street
The Duchess of Buffalo
Beverly of Graustark
Her Sister from Paris
Her Night of Romance
Brass
Tiger Rose
The Beautiful and Damned
The Primitive Lover
East Is West
Smilin' Through
Unseen Forces
Heart o' the Hills
The Heart of Wetona
The Hoodlum
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Six-Shooter Andy
The Safety Curtain
The Forbidden City
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Babes in the Woods
Treasure Island
The Children in the House
Gretchen the Greenhorn
Let Katie Do It
Going Straight
A Sister of Six
