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.
Complete Filmography

Billy Jack Goes to Washington
1977
Screenplay
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
1971
Scenario Writer, Associate Producer
An industrial espionage group calls on a retired spy living with his wife and children in Paris.

The Group
1966
Screenplay, Producer
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
1963
Screenplay
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
1961
Screenplay
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
1951
Screenplay
A talented high school football player encounters trouble in a college program.

Jolson Sings Again
1949
Screenplay
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
1948
Producer, Writer
A treasury agent becomes obsessed with exposing an international drug ring.

The Jolson Story
1946
Producer, Additional Writing
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
1945
Screenplay, Producer
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
1945
Writer, Producer
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
1943
Additional Writing
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
1942
Screenplay
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
1941
Screenplay
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
1940
Screenplay
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
1939
Screenplay
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
1938
Screenplay
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
1937
Producer
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
1937
Screenplay
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
1936
Screenplay
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
1936
Screenplay
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
1936
Writer
Princess is destined to marry the Emperor, until her sister steps in.

She Married Her Boss
1935
Screenplay
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
1935
Screenplay
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
1934
Screenplay
A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.

Whom the Gods Destroy
1934
Screenplay
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
1934
Screenplay
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
1933
Screenplay
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
1933
Writer
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
1932
Screenplay
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.

If I Had a Million
1932
Writer
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
1932
Writer
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
1932
Writer
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
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
1931
Dialogue
At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.