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Sidney Franklin

Highest Rated: 100% The Yearling (1946)

Lowest Rated: 60% The Vermillion Pencil (1922)

Birthday: Mar 21, 1893

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA

In films from 1914, often sharing credit with his brother Chester. Franklin developed into a skilled, sensitive director in the 1930s with films such as "Private Lives" (1931) and "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" (1934) and began producing for MGM in 1939. He won the best picture Oscar for "Mrs. Miniver" (1942) and was responsible for Clarence Brown's "The Yearling" (1946) as well as four Mervyn LeRoy movies. His final directing credit was for a remake of one of his own films ("The Barretts of Wimpole Street" 1956), something he had done earlier with "Smilin' Through" (1922 and 1932).

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Highest rated movies

100% 76% The Yearling
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95% 77% The Good Earth
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94% 76% The Dark Angel
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93% 84% Mrs. Miniver
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88% 68% Madame Curie
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83% 88% Waterloo Bridge
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82% 89% Random Harvest
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80% 61% Private Lives
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80% 70% Smilin' Through
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80% 57% The White Cliffs of Dover
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Sidney Franklin

Sidney Franklin WHEEL OF CHANCE, Sidney Franklin, 1928 THE HOODLUM, Mary Pickford (second from left), director Sidney Franklin (pointing), on set, 1919 SMILIN' THROUGH, seated from left: director Sidney Franklin, Norma Shearer, Fredric March on set, 1932 REUNION IN VIENNA, director Sidney Franklin (seated front) filming Diana Wynyard, John Barrymore on set, 1933 BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET, director Sidney Franklin, Jennifer Jones on set, 1957 COMMAND DECISION, Clark Gable, director Sam Wood, producer Sidney Franklin on set, 1948 View more photos

Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet 54% The Barretts of Wimpole Street Director - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gun Battle at Monterey Director - 1957
No Score Yet 29% Gypsy Colt Producer - 1954
No Score Yet 53% Young Bess Producer - 1953
No Score Yet 57% The Story of Three Loves Producer - 1953
No Score Yet 44% Torch Song Producer - 1953
No Score Yet 81% Command Decision Producer - 1948
100% 76% The Yearling Producer - 1946
80% 57% The White Cliffs of Dover Producer - 1944
88% 68% Madame Curie Producer - 1943
82% 89% Random Harvest Producer - 1942
93% 84% Mrs. Miniver Producer - 1942
83% 88% Waterloo Bridge Producer - 1940
No Score Yet 100% On Borrowed Time Producer - 1939
95% 77% The Good Earth Director - 1937
94% 76% The Dark Angel Director - 1935
70% 71% The Barretts of Wimpole Street Director - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Reunion in Vienna Director - 1933
80% 70% Smilin' Through Director - 1932
80% 61% Private Lives Director - 1931
No Score Yet 58% The Guardsman Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Lady's Morals Director - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lady of Scandal Director - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Devil May Care Director - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last of Mrs. Cheyney Director - 1929
No Score Yet 52% Wild Orchids Director - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beverly of Graustark Director - 1926
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Duchess of Buffalo Director - 1926
No Score Yet No Score Yet Her Sister From Paris Director - 1925
No Score Yet 60% Her Night of Romance Director - 1924
60% No Score Yet The Vermillion Pencil Fu Wong (Character) - 1922
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Primitive Lover Director - 1922
No Score Yet 50% The Hoodlum Director - 1919
No Score Yet 40% Heart o' the Hills Director - 1919
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Forbidden City Director - 1918
No Score Yet No Score Yet Forbidden City Director - 1918
No Score Yet No Score Yet Going Straight Director - 1916
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Children in the House Director - 1916
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Doll-House Mystery Director - 1915