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.
Sidney Franklin | |
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Franklin in 1920 | |
| Born | Sidney Arnold Franklin March 21, 1893 |
| Died | May 18, 1972 (aged 79) |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Spouses | Ann Denitz
(m. 1916; div. 1933)Ruth Helms
(m. 1937; died 1960) |
| Children | 1 |
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.
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