Sidney Franklin (director)
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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.[1]
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Sidney Franklin | |
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Born | Sidney Arnold Franklin (1893-03-21)March 21, 1893 |
Died | May 18, 1972(1972-05-18) (aged 79) |
Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
Spouses | Ann Denitz
(m. 1916; div. 1933)Ruth Helms
(m. 1937; died 1960) |
Children | 1 |
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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.