Sidney Franklin (director)

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.
His brother Chester Franklin (1889–1954) also became a director during the silent film era best known for directing the early Technicolor film Toll of the Sea.

Partial filmography

Director

• Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916) co-directed with brother Chester
• A Sister of Six (1916) co-directed with brother Chester
• The Babes in the Woods (1917) co-directed with brother Chester
• Treasure Island (1918) co-directed with Chester
• The Safety Curtain (1918)
• Her Only Way (1918)
• The Forbidden City (1918)
• The Hoodlum (1919)
• A Virtuous Vamp (1919) assistant director with David Kirkland
• Smilin' Through (1922)
• Her Sister from Paris (1925)
• Beverly of Graustark (1926)
• The Actress (1928)
• The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)
• Wild Orchids (1929)
• A Lady's Morals (1930)
• Private Lives (1931)
• Smilin' Through (1932)
• The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
• The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957; a scene-for-scene remake of the 1934 version)
• The Dark Angel (1935)
• The Good Earth (1937)
• Duel in the Sun (1946).

Producer

• Ninotchka (1939) (associate producer)
• Waterloo Bridge (1940)
• Mrs. Miniver (1942)
• Random Harvest (1942)
• Madame Curie (1943)
• The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
• The Yearling (1946)
• Homecoming (1948)
• Command Decision (1948)
• The Miniver Story (1950)
• Fearless Fagan (1952) (associate producer)
• Sky Full of Moon (1952)
• The Story of Three Loves (1953)
• Gypsy Colt (1953)
• Young Bess (1953)
• Torch Song (1953)