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Tag Archives: Sidney Franklin
Devil-May-Care (1929) Sidney Franklin, Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Marion Harris
Silent screen heartthrob Ramon Novarro (Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ) sounds off in his all-talking debut Read More »
Wild Orchids (1929) Sidney Franklin, Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, Nils Asther
Lillie Sterling comes with her husband, John, on a business trip to Java, expecting a second honeymoon. Read More »
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) Sidney Franklin, Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton
In 1845 London, the Barrett family is ruled with an iron fist by its stern widowed patriarch, Edward Moulton-Barrett. Read More »
A Lady’s Morals (1930) Sidney Franklin, Grace Moore, Reginald Denny, Wallace Beery
Largely fictionalized biopic of turn-of-the-century nightingale Jenny Lind Read More »
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin, Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn
An old classics teacher looks back over his long career, remembering pupils Read More »
The Guardsman (1931) Sidney Franklin, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Roland Young
A Vienna based acting couple make magic when they perform together on stage. Read More »
The Forbidden City (1918) Sidney Franklin, Norma Talmadge, Thomas Meighan, E. Alyn Warren
The daughter of a Chinese mandarin is sentenced to death for her secret marriage to an American. Read More »
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957) Sidney Franklin, Jennifer Jones, John Gielgud, Bill Travers
Elizabeth Barrett’s tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Read More »
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917) Chester M. Franklin, Sidney Franklin, Francis Carpenter, F.A. Turner, Virginia Lee Corbin
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp was another of Fox’s lavishly produced “Sunset Kiddies” series, wherein most of the principal roles were enacted by children. Read More »
The Good Earth (1937) Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly
The story of a farmer in China: a story of humility and bravery. His father gives Wang Lung a freed slave as wife. Read More »
The Lady of Scandal (1930) Sidney Franklin, Ruth Chatterton, Basil Rathbone, Ralph Forbes, Romance, Comedy, Drama
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929) Sidney Franklin, Norma Shearer, Basil Rathbone, George Barraud, Comedy, Drama
There is a big charity function at the house of Mrs. Cheyney and a lot of society is present. Read More »
Private Lives (1931) Sidney Franklin, Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Reginald Denny, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Elyot and Sibyl are being married in a big church ceremony. Amanda and Victor are being married by a French Justice of the Peace. Read More »
The Dark Angel (1935) Sidney Franklin, Fredric March, Merle Oberon, Herbert Marshall, Drama, Romance
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 waited until the beginning of World War I before finally choosing Alan. Gerald graciously gives them his blessing. Then, Gerald and Alan go to war. Angered over a misunderstanding involving Alan and Kitty, Gerald sends Alan on a dangerous mission that will change all their lives forever.
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