Biography
Sidney Franklin (March 21, 1893 — May 18, 1972) was an American film director and producer. His brother Chester Franklin also became a director during the silent film era. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1957
Director
Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

Young Bess
1953
Producer
The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Je...

The Story of Three Loves
1953
Producer
Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.

Sky Full of Moon
1952
Producer
A cowboy seeks fame and fortune in Las Vegas where he meets a girl working in a casino.

Fearless Fagan
1952
Story, Associate Producer
A young man brings his pet lion with him when he's drafted into the U.S. Army.

The Miniver Story
1950
Producer
The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in post-War Britain, among continuing shortages and growing...

Command Decision
1948
Producer
High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties ...

Homecoming
1948
Producer
Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it's "the thing to do" rather than d...

Duel in the Sun
1946
Co-Director
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad...

The Yearling
1946
Producer
Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?

The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
Producer
American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whir...

Madame Curie
1943
Producer
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concern...

Random Harvest
1942
Producer
Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last.

Bambi
1942
Thanks
Bambi's tale unfolds from season to season as the young prince of the forest learns about life, love, and friends.

Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Man at Flower Show (uncredited)
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charm...

Mrs. Miniver
1942
Producer
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charm...

Waterloo Bridge
1940
Producer
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ...

Ninotchka
1939
Associate Producer
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
Thanks
A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.

On Borrowed Time
1939
Producer
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future...

The Good Earth
1937
Director
China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the man...

The Dark Angel
1935
Director
Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has ...

The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934
Director
Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henriet...

Reunion in Vienna
1933
Director
An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard) now wed to a psychiatrist (Frank Morgan).

The Kid from Spain
1932
as Himself - American Matador
Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk. Per chance Eddie get...

Smilin' Through
1932
Director
On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carte...

Private Lives
1931
Director
Amanda and Elyot are one another's former spouse. Elyot is remarried to Sibyl and Amanda married Victor. Unexpectedly, both honeymooning couples arriv...

The Guardsman
1931
Director
An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a year, are already showing signs of strain in their ma...

A Lady's Morals
1930
Director
Romantic biography of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind and her famous affairs.

The Lady of Scandal
1930
Director
A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.

Devil-May-Care
1929
Director
A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1929
Director
There is a big charity function at the house of Mrs. Cheyney and a lot of society is present. With her rich husband, deceased, rich old Lord Elton and...

Wild Orchids
1929
Director
A prince in J... tries to seduce his visitor's wife, but he's discovered.

The Actress
1928
Director
A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town. The re...

Quality Street
1927
Director
A fresh young beauty becomes an old maid waiting for her suitor to return from the Napoleonic wars. When he returns, clearly disappointed, she disguis...

The Duchess of Buffalo
1926
Director
An American dancer on a tour of pre-Boleshevik Russia falls for a young army officer, and the feeling is mutual. However, the officer's father is the ...

Beverly of Graustark
1926
Director
Beverly Calhoun impersonates the Prince of Graustark to claim his birthright while he recovers from a skiing injury. In the meantime, she falls for he...

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy,...

Her Sister from Paris
1925
Director
Helen has a twin sister, who is a famous actress named "La Perry". Helen and her sister decide to trick Helen's husband to prove his love.

Learning to Love
1925
Director
A 1925 film directed by Sidney Franklin.

Her Night of Romance
1924
Director
An impoverished British lord (Paul Menford) impersonates a doctor in order to woo an ailing American heiress (Dorothy Adams). The lord is in it for lo...

Tiger Rose
1923
Director
Originally a Broadway play by Willard Macks, Lenore Ulric played the lead on Broadway and reprises her role for this film. At the Wutchi Wum trading p...

Dulcy
1923
Director
Dulcy, a devoted but scatterbrained bride, tries to improve her absent husband's finances by inviting two of his business prospects to dinner. Though ...

Brass
1923
Director
With her marriage on the verge of breaking up, a young wife attempts to win back the love of her husband and child.

The Beautiful and Damned
1922
Director
Gloria, the daughter in a wealthy family, has finally spent most of her father's money. She marries Tony, whose as much of a reckless spendthrift as s...

East Is West
1922
Director
She'd wink till hearts went on the blink. And staid professors couldn't think. And everywhere they'd stop to stare. And say "Some Chink!" when Ming To...

The Primitive Lover
1922
Director
A free-spirited girl is caught between her love for her husband and her attraction to a handsome adventurer.

The Vermilion Pencil
1922
as Fu Wong
The Vermilion Pencil is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Norman Dawn, and produced and distributed by Robertson–Cole. It is based on the ...

Smilin' Through
1922
Director, Adaptation
The story is essentially the same as the popular Jane Cowl play, with Talmadge in the dual role of Kathleen and Moonyean. Kathleen, a young Irish woma...

Not Guilty
1921
Director
A drama of a fugitive from justice and a fugitive from love.

Unseen Forces
1920
Director, Producer
In the film, Breamer’s character, Miriam Holt (“the girl who sees around corners”), proves her psychic powers by locating children who went missing du...

Down Home
1920
as Cash Bailey (as Sidney A. Franklin)
DOWN HOME is a rural drama set in New England and stars Leatrice Joy as Nancy Pelot, daughter of the town drunk. He was once a businessman and still o...

Two Weeks
1920
Director

Heart o' the Hills
1919
Director
Family tensions in the Kentucky hills are inflamed by an outsider's dishonest scheme to exploit the area for its coal.

The Hoodlum
1919
Director
A spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys, where she becomes involved with all manner of unpleas...

The Man in the Moonlight
1919
as Pierre Delorme
Two mysterious strangers arrive uninvited at the wedding of Sergeant O'Farrell of the Royal Mounted Police and Rosine Delorme, the daughter of an innk...

A Rogue's Romance
1919
as Burgomaster
A welcome guest of the French aristocracy, Monsieur Picard having been awarded the Croix De Guerre, is also a master thief who baffles the Parisian po...

The Probation Wife
1919
Director
A 1919 film directed by Sidney Franklin.

The Heart of Wetona
1919
Director
After the half-breed daughter of a Comanche chief falls for a young engineer who deserts her, she turns to a white Indian agent who marries her.

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1918
Director
Ali Baba, a poor Turkish wood chopper, discovers that a robbers' cave, concealed in the mountains that surround his house, opens to the magical phrase...

The Forbidden City
1918
Director
The daughter of a Chinese mandarin is sentenced to death for her secret marriage to an American. Their child, raised in the mandarin's palace, grows u...

Her Only Way
1918
Director
The Westbrook family has been ruined financially, and when the daughter Lucille comes home from boarding school, she finds herself in a terrible dilem...

The Safety Curtain
1918
Director, Scenario Writer
Puck is a music hall dancer, married to an abusive husband. One night the music hall catches fire. Puck is rescued by an army officer and her husband ...

Six-Shooter Andy
1918
Director
Susan Allenby's father is killed during a robbery staged by Bannack's corrupt sheriff, Tom Slade, and his men, leaving the girl to care for her eight ...

The Babes in the Woods
1917
Director
A story within a story, including a passage from Hansel and Gretel.
Treasure Island
1917
Director
Jim Hawkins and his widowed mother run the Admiral Ben Bow Inn, but when they are threatened by a pirate attack, they stay with friend, the squire, fo...

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1917
Director
In Bagdad, Princess Badr al-Budur, the daughter of the Sultan, falls in love with Aladdin, the son of a poor tailor, and rejects the suit of evil alch...

Jack and the Beanstalk
1917
Scenario Writer, Director
Jack exchanges his cow for some magic beans. The beans grow overnight into a beanstalk, which Jack climbs, arriving at a castle that is his. Jack sets...

A Sister of Six
1916
Director
A young woman and her five little brothers and sisters are left orphans by the murder of their father over gold found on his ranch. Together the seven...

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Second Unit
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

Gretchen the Greenhorn
1916
Director
Gretchen Van Houck is just arriving in the USA, on a ship from Holland. She joins her father, who has already spent several years in America, where he...

Going Straight
1916
Director
A man and his wife both have criminal pasts, but have quit crime and are now respectable citizens. One day a member of their old gang shows up and thr...

The Children in the House
1916
Director
A woman is stuck with an unfaithful husband until he is killed robbing a bank.

Martha's Vindication
1916
Director
A 1916 film directed by Chester M. Franklin.
The Doll-House Mystery
1915
Director
When a stack of valuable bonds go missing from the Grant household, suspicion falls on little Carmen Grant's playmate Georgie, whose father is a poor ...
For Love of Mary Ellen
1915
Director
Pirates Bold
1915
Director
Waldo and the baby went on an outing to the beach with the nurse, but it mattered little to Waldo, who consumed much learning from his book, wherever ...