Sidney Franklin
American filmmaker (1893–1972)
2.08body-of-work score · ranked #508 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- March 21, 1893 · San Francisco
- Died
- May 18, 1972 · Santa Monica
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1937 · United States · romance, drama
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1937 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1937 #7 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.953 citations - 20.451 citation
- 3
1934 · United States · biography, drama, romance
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1934
0.451 citation - 40.231 citation
Complete filmography
All 59 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1915A Ten-Cent Adventure
- 1915Billie's Goat
- 1915Dirty Face Dan
- 1915Her Filmland Hero
- 1915Little Dick's First Case
- 1915Pirates Bold
- 1915The Ashcan, or Little Dick's First Adventure
- 1915The Baby
- 1915The Kid Magicians
- 1915The Rivals
- 1915The Runaways
- 1915The Straw Man
- 1916A Sister of Six
- 1916Going Straight
- 1916Martha's Vindication
- 1916The Children in the House
- 1917The Babes in the Woods
- 1918Confession
- 1918Her Only Way
- 1918Six Shooter Andy
- 1918The Bride of Fear
- 1918The Forbidden City
- 1918The Safety Curtain
- 1918Treasure Island
- 1919A Virtuous Vamp
- 1919Heart o' the Hills
- 1919The Heart of Wetona
- 1919The Hoodlum
- 1919The Probation Wife
- 1920Two Weeks
- 1920Unseen Forces
- 1921Courage
- 1921Not Guilty
- 1922East Is West
- 1922Smilin' Through
- 1922The Primitive Lover
- 1923Brass
- 1923Dulcy
- 1923Tiger Rose
- 1924Her Night of Romance
- 1925Her Sister from Paris
- 1925Learning to Love
- 1926Beverly of Graustark
- 1926The Duchess of Buffalo
- 1927Quality Street
- 1928The Actress
- 1929Devil-May-Care
- 1929The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
- 1929Wild Orchids
- 1930A Lady's Morals
- 1930The Lady of Scandal
- 1931Private Lives (1931 film)
- 1931The Guardsman
- 1932Smilin' Through
- 1933Reunion in Vienna
- 1934The Barretts of Wimpole Street
- 1935The Dark Angel
- 1937The Good Earth
- 1957The Barretts of Wimpole Street