Sidney Kingsley

Playwright

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Also Known As

Sidney Kirshner

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

October 22, 1906

Died

March 20, 1995

Cause of Death

Stroke

Filmography

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Homecoming (1948)

The Patriots (1976)

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The Patriots (1963)

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Dead End (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Call Me Ma!

Dead End (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Why Didn't You Starve First?

Family & Companions

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Madge Evans

Wife

Actor. Married July from 1939 until her death in 1981.

Biography

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Homecoming (1948)

Writer (Special)

The Patriots (1976)

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The Patriots (1963)

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Special Thanks (Special)

The Patriots (1976)

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The Patriots (1963)

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Life Events

Videos

Dead End (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Call Me Ma! Lillian Hellman’s screenplay from Sidney Kingsley’s play, pouring on powerful scenes, as hunted gangster “Baby Face,” who’s had his face surgically altered and come home to his old neighborhood, finally finds his mother (Marjorie Main), not happy to see him, in William Wyler’s Dead End, 1937.

Dead End (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Why Didn't You Starve First? Most of the performance of Claire Trevor, as Francey, girlfriend from the old neighborhood, finally found by “Baby Face,” (Humphrey Bogart), the most-wanted gangster, who’s had his face changed and come home, William Wyler directing from Sidney Kingsley’s play, in the Samuel Goldwyn production Dead End, 1937.

Dead End (1937) -- (Movie Clip) The Mark Of The Squealer The gang (Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Gabriel Dell) showing off for Baby Face (Humphrey Bogart), would-be architect Dave (Joel McCrea) panics as well-to-do Kay (Wendy Barrie) tries to visit, with director William Wyler’s famous cockroach shot, in Dead End, 1937.

Dead End (1937) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Frightened Of Being Poor With “Dead End” kids (Billy Halop, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan) and gangster Baby Face (Humphrey Bogart) nearby, aspiring architect Dave (Joel McCrea) visits with his more affluent otherwise-committed girlfriend Kay (Wendy Barrie), in Samuel Goldwyn’s urban drama Dead End, 1937.

Dead End (1937) -- (Movie Clip) I Can Do My Own Fighting Tommy (Billy Halop) leads future “Bowery Boys” (Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell) recruiting Milton (Bernard Punsly), until his sister Drina (Sylvia Sidney) intervenes, gangster Baby Face (Humphrey Bogart) and her under-employed architect pal Dave (Joel McCrea) observing, early in Dead End, 1937.

Dead End (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Every Street In New York Opening from producer Samuel Goldwyn, director William Wyler and Lillian Hellman’s screenplay from Sidney Kingsley’s play, the socially conscious Dead End, 1937, and the first screen appearance by Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan and Gabriel Dell, who would become “Dead End Kids” and “Bowery Boys.”

Detective Story (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Just Supply The Finger Bert Freed as workaday detective Dakis and Lee Grant the shoplifter, in her Academy Award-nominated performance in the role she also played on Broadway, opening William Wyler's film from the Sidney Kingsley play, Detective Story, 1951, starring Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker.

Detective Story (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Personal Motives Desk officer (Frank Faylen) with out-of-towner (Harper Goff) when lawyer Sims (Warner Anderson) shows up to confront Monahan (Horace McMahon), who's already scolding detective McLeod (Kirk Douglas) for beating up the client/suspect, in William Wyler's Detective Story, 1951.

Detective Story (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Baby Farm Grist Mill Hard-headed New York detective McLeod (Kirk Douglas) just leaving when accused baby-selling doctor Schneider (George MacReady) arrives, with lawyer Sims (Warner Anderson) in tow, Lieutenant Monahan (Horace McMahon), making sure the case is solid, in William Wyler's Detective Story, 1951.

Detective Story (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Missing Husband Report First scene for leading man and lady, Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker, as Det. McLeod and wife Mary, who intercepts him on the way to book embezzler Arthur (Craig Hill), early in William Wyler's Detective Story, 1951, from the play by Sidney Kingsley.

Companions

Madge Evans

Wife

Actor. Married July from 1939 until her death in 1981.

Bibliography

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