Sidney Buchman

1902-03-27 35 Credits

Biography

Sidney Robert Buchman (March 27, 1902 – August 23, 1975) was an American screenwriter and producer who worked on about 40 films from the late 1920s to the early 1970s. He received four Oscar nominations and won once for Best Screenplay for fantasy romantic comedy film Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) along with Seton I. Miller.

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Billy Jack Goes to Washington

Billy Jack Goes to Washington

1977

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

After a senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining senator and the state gov...

The Deadly Trap

The Deadly Trap

1971

Scenario Writer, Associate Producer

5.3
Writing Producing

An industrial espionage group calls on a retired spy living with his wife and children in Paris.

The Group

The Group

1966

Screenplay, Producer

5.6
Writing Producing

It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper- class group at a private girl's school, about to graduate and start their own l...

Cleopatra

Cleopatra

1963

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his g...

The Mark

The Mark

1961

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.

Saturday's Hero

Saturday's Hero

1951

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

A talented high school football player encounters trouble in a college program.

Jolson Sings Again

Jolson Sings Again

1949

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has...

To the Ends of the Earth

To the Ends of the Earth

1948

Producer, Writer

5.7
Producing Writing

A treasury agent becomes obsessed with exposing an international drug ring.

The Jolson Story

The Jolson Story

1946

Producer, Additional Writing

6.6
Producing

At the turn of the 20th century, young Asa Yoelson decides to go against the wishes of his cantor father and pursue a career in show business. Gradual...

Over 21

Over 21

1945

Screenplay, Producer

5.2
Writing Producing

A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army.

A Song to Remember

A Song to Remember

1945

Writer, Producer

6.3
Writing Producing

Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, wher...

Sahara

Sahara

1943

Additional Writing

7.2

In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a ...

The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town

1942

Screenplay

7.3
Writing

Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-princ...

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

1941

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body...

The Howards of Virginia

The Howards of Virginia

1940

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the ...

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

Screenplay

7.9
Writing

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new ...

Holiday

Holiday

1938

Screenplay

7.3
Writing

Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionair...

She Married an Artist

She Married an Artist

1937

Producer

Producing

Because Thornwood's portraits of comely model Sally Dennis are in such great demand, he is obliged to spend virtually all his time with Sally, which p...

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon

1937

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, id...

Theodora Goes Wild

Theodora Goes Wild

1936

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Th...

Adventure in Manhattan

Adventure in Manhattan

1936

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

The story of an egotistical crime writer who gets involved with the case of a notorious art thief (who is believed to be dead) while at the same time ...

The King Steps Out

The King Steps Out

1936

Writer

5.9
Writing

Princess is destined to marry the Emperor, until her sister steps in.

She Married Her Boss

She Married Her Boss

1935

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

A super-efficient secretary at a department store falls for and marries her boss, but finds out that taking care of him at home (and especially his sp...

Love Me Forever

Love Me Forever

1935

Screenplay

4.8
Writing

A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her career, even though he knows she doesn't love him.

His Greatest Gamble

His Greatest Gamble

1934

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.

Whom the Gods Destroy

Whom the Gods Destroy

1934

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step int...

All of Me

All of Me

1934

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied.

The Right To Romance

The Right To Romance

1933

Screenplay

4.6
Writing

Against her better judgment, a dedicated and hard-working plastic surgeon (Ann Harding) finds herself falling in love with a playboy (Robert Young). D...

From Hell to Heaven

From Hell to Heaven

1933

Writer

7.2
Writing

The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in di...

The Sign of the Cross

The Sign of the Cross

1932

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

1932

Writer

6.7
Writing

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.

Thunder Below

Thunder Below

1932

Writer

Writing

Story of an unhappy wife of oil rigger who labors in a Central American oil field. The bored Susan falls in love with Walt's good friend Ken but keeps...

No One Man

No One Man

1932

Writer

6.0
Writing

When the boyfriend of a rich, bored socialite dies from a weak heart, she finds herself attracted to the doctor who treated him, a hard-working ideali...

The Beloved Bachelor

The Beloved Bachelor

1931

Dialogue

Michael Morda, a young sculptor living in San Francisco, is madly in love with Elinor Hunter, and they plan to be married. When Elinor becomes jealous...

Daughter of the Dragon

Daughter of the Dragon

1931

Dialogue

5.1

At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.