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- Director
- Producer
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Sidney Franklin was involved in amateur filmmaking while still at school. With his brother Chester M. Franklin, he wrote, directed and edited a short film, The Baby (1915), at a cost of $400. Somehow it attracted the interest of D.W. Griffith, who decided to put the brothers to work making children's films for the Triangle Film Corporation. After three years they went their separate ways. Sidney ended up with the more successful career. He established his reputation with Smilin' Through (1922), and went on to direct some of the great female stars of the silent era, including Norma Talmadge, Mary Pickford and Greta Garbo. He joined MGM in 1926 and remained affiliated with the studio until his departure in 1958.
A protégé of the similarly inclined chief of production at MGM,Irving Thalberg, Franklin was thought of as a "literate" filmmaker. He was at his best bringing classics to the screen, like the Noël Coward adaptation of Private Lives (1931); Reunion in Vienna (1933), based on a play by Robert E. Sherwood; Rudolph Besier's period melodrama The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) or Pearl S. Buck's tale of struggling Chinese farmers, The Good Earth (1937). All were lavishly produced as A-grade features, with A-grade budgets.
From 1939 Sidney spent most of his time as producer on similarly prestigious films, with a strong inclination towards sentimental melodrama. The biggest box-office hits were Waterloo Bridge (1940), Random Harvest (1942), Madame Curie (1943),The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) and Mrs. Miniver (1942), a picture he thought would lose money but needed to be made. It turned out to be the most popular picture of the year and contributed in no small way to Sidney winning the Irving Thalberg Memorial Award in 1943, for "consistent high quality of production and achievement".- Actor
- Writer
Reinhold Brandes was born on 15 June 1928 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Hauptsache Ferien (1972), God's Police Patrol (1968) and Soft Shoulders, Sharp Curves (1972). He was married to Sonja Wilken. He died on 18 May 1972.- Vladimir Zhuravskiy was born on 26 November 1931. He was an actor, known for Sudba igrayet chelovekom (1968). He died on 18 May 1972.
- Additional Crew
Imre Csépe was born on 23 September 1914 in Kishegyes, Austria-Hungary [now Mali Idos, Serbia]. Imre is known for Világcsúcsok nyomában (1958). Imre died on 18 May 1972 in Szeged, Hungary.- Arthur Arent was born on 29 September 1904 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer, known for Matinee Theatre (1955), ...One Third of a Nation... (1939) and Suspicion (1957). He died on 18 May 1972 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Viktor Chistyakov was born on 30 June 1943 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Novogodnee pokhishcheniye (1970). He died on 18 May 1972.
- Madeleine Soria was born on 10 November 1891 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. She was an actress, known for Cette nuit-là (1933), Maître Bolbec et son mari (1934) and La comtesse de Somerive (1917). She died on 18 May 1972 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.