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Sidney Buchman

Sidney Buchman

1902-03-27

WRITING

Biography

Sidney Robert Buchman (March 27, 1902 – August 23, 1975) was an American screenwriter and producer who worked on about 40 films from the late 1920s to the early 1970s. He received four Oscar nominations and won once for Best Screenplay for fantasy romantic comedy film Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) along with Seton I. Miller.

Best known for:

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Cleopatra

Holiday

Lost Horizon

Sahara

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

The Talk of the Town

Theodora Goes Wild

The Sign of the Cross

If I Had a Million

A Song to Remember

The Group

The Mark

The Deadly Trap

Daughter of the Dragon

The Jolson Story

To the Ends of the Earth

Adventure in Manhattan

The Howards of Virginia

Billy Jack Goes to Washington

Jolson Sings Again

The King Steps Out

Love Me Forever

The Right To Romance

Over 21

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Filmography:

Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
WORK AS:
Dialogue
The Beloved Bachelor (1931)
WORK AS:
Dialogue
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
4.8
WORK AS:
Screenplay
If I Had a Million (1932)
5.4
WORK AS:
Writer
No One Man (1932)
WORK AS:
Writer
Thunder Below (1932)
WORK AS:
Writer
From Hell to Heaven (1933)
WORK AS:
Writer
The Right To Romance (1933)
WORK AS:
Screenplay

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His Greatest Gamble (1934)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
All of Me (1934)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Whom the Gods Destroy (1934)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
She Married Her Boss (1935)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Love Me Forever (1935)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
5.2
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The King Steps Out (1936)
WORK AS:
Writer

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Lost Horizon (1937)
5.7
WORK AS:
Screenplay
She Married an Artist (1937)
WORK AS:
Producer
Holiday (1938)
6
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
6.8
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
5.7
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Talk of the Town (1942)
6
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Sahara (1943)
5.9
WORK AS:
Additional Writing
Over 21 (1945)
WORK AS:
Producer, Screenplay
A Song to Remember (1945)
WORK AS:
Writer, Producer
The Jolson Story (1946)
WORK AS:
Producer, Additional Writing
To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
WORK AS:
Writer, Producer
Jolson Sings Again (1949)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Saturday's Hero (1951)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Mark (1961)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Cleopatra (1963)
5.7
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Group (1966)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Producer
The Deadly Trap (1971)
WORK AS:
Scenario Writer, Associate Producer
Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)
WORK AS:
Screenplay

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