Sidney Buchman

Screenwriter

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Also Known As

Sidney Robert Buchman

Birth Place

Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Born

March 27, 1902

Died

August 23, 1975

Biography

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Screenwriter at Columbia who did sparkling work for directors including Frank Capra, Leo McCarey, George Cukor and Joseph Mankiewicz. Buchman had begun a successful climb up the studio's corporate ladder when, in 1951, he was called to testify before HUAC. He admitted to having once been a member of the Communist Party but refused to "name names" and was blacklisted. Buchman moved to Fra...

Filmography

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To the Ends of the Earth (1948)

Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1976)

La Maison Sous les Arbres (1971)

The Group (1966)

Cleopatra (1963)

The Mark (1961)

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The Harlem Globetrotters (1950) — (Movie Clip) We’ve Got A College Man

The Harlem Globetrotters (1950) — (Movie Clip) What’s All The Fuss About

Biography

Screenwriter at Columbia who did sparkling work for directors including Frank Capra, Leo McCarey, George Cukor and Joseph Mankiewicz. Buchman had begun a successful climb up the studio's corporate ladder when, in 1951, he was called to testify before HUAC. He admitted to having once been a member of the Communist Party but refused to "name names" and was blacklisted. Buchman moved to France in the 1960s.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

To the Ends of the Earth (1948)

Writer (Feature Film)

Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1976)

La Maison Sous les Arbres (1971)

The Group (1966)

Cleopatra (1963)

The Mark (1961)

Saturday's Hero (1951)

Written for Screen by

Jolson Sings Again (1950)

A Song to Remember (1945)

The Talk of the Town (1942)

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Adventure in Manhattan (1936)

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

The King Steps Out (1936)

The Music Goes 'Round (1936)

She Married Her Boss (1935)

I'll Love You Always (1935)

Love Me Forever (1935)

Whom the Gods Destroy (1934)

His Greatest Gamble (1934)

All of Me (1934)

Broadway Bill (1934)

Contr to Screenplay const

The Right to Romance (1933)

From Hell to Heaven (1933)

No One Man (1932)

The Sign of the Cross (1932)

Thunder Below (1932)

If I Had a Million (1932)

Contract Writer

The Beloved Bachelor (1931)

Daughter of the Dragon (1931)

Producer (Feature Film)

La Maison Sous les Arbres (1971)

Associate Producer

The Group (1966)

Jolson Sings Again (1950)

Cover Girl (1944)

Executive Producer

She Married an Artist (1937)

Music (Feature Film)

The Sign of the Cross (1932)

Production Companies (Feature Film)

The Mark (1961)

Saturday's Hero (1951)

The Harlem Globetrotters (1951)

To the Ends of the Earth (1948)

A Song to Remember (1945)

Life Events

1927

Debut as story writer, "Matinee Ladies"

1931

Signed three-year writing contract with Paramount

1931

Wrote first screenplay, "If I Had a Millon"

1934

Screenplay for "Whom the Gods Destroy" for Columbia led to studio contract

1937

Producing debut, "She Married an Artist"

1942

Began supervising Columbia's production; later became vice president and assistant production chief

1951

Cited for contempt of Congress by House Committee on Un-American Activities for refusing to co-operate; fined $150 and given one-year suspended sentence

Videos

The Harlem Globetrotters (1950) — (Movie Clip) We’ve Got A College Man Catching up with Coach Abe Saperstein (Thomas Gomez) and the team after wrapping up his college affairs, new recruit Billy (pro-basketball player Billy Brown) gets introduced to the real-life stars, and a practice exhibition, directed by MGM shorts specialist Will Jason, in The Harlem Globetrotters, 1951.

The Harlem Globetrotters (1950) — (Movie Clip) What’s All The Fuss About College hoop star Billy (played by Billy Brown, a non-actor basketball pro at the time) tells his girlfriend Ann (Dorothy Dandridge, second-billed after Thomas Gomez, who pays the team founder Abe Saperstein, in her first speaking appearance) that he’s leaving to join the barnstorming title-team, in The Harlem Globetrotters, 1951.

Group, The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) More Pantheistic After the rushed wedding of a fellow 1933 graduate of an un-named New England ladies' college, Dottie (Joan Hackett) with Dick (Richard Mulligan), artist and bohemian pal of the groom, in The Group, 1966, Sidney Lumet's film from Vassar grad Mary McCarthy's novel.

Group, The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Dottie Renfrew Is Engaged Director Sidney Lumet resumes his narrative device with Kathleen Widdoes as college “class scribe” Helena typing, Joan Hackett as Dottie on the train, to a 1930-something New York party hosted by Kay and her boozy playwright husband (Joanna Pettet, Larry Hagman), Jessica Walter, Shirley Knight, et al conversing, in The Group, 1966.

Group, The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Landlord, Fill The Flowing Bowl Somewhat bawdy English traditional song Landlord, Fill The Flowing Bowl among several choral pieces opening Sidney Lumet's The Group, 1966, introducing classmates Joan Hackett, Candice Bergen, Shirley Knight, Joanna Pettet et al, and their valedictorian Kathleen Widdoes.

Group, The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Not To The Manor Born New England ladies' college graduates led by "Lakey" (Candice Bergen) at the speedily arranged New York wedding of classmate Kay (Joanna Pettet) to aspiring playwright Harald (Larry Hagman) in Sidney Lumet's The Group, 1966, from the Mary McCarthy novel.

Holiday (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Your Nose Is Frozen Johnny (Cary Grant), having discovered that his newly betrothed Julia (Doris Nolan), whom he just met on vacation, is one of the super-rich Setons, meets her sister Linda (Katharine Hepburn, her first scene), in George Cukor's Holiday, 1938.

Theodora Goes Wild (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Sexy Trash Rebecca (Spring Byington) leads the ladies in denouncing a novel serialized in the town paper, editor Jed (Thomas Mitchell) and incognito author Theodora (Irene Dunne) playing along, in Richard Boleslawski's Theodora Goes Wild, 1936.

Theodora Goes Wild (1936) -- (Movie Clip) You Ought To Meet Me Theodora (Irene Dunne) worrying with publisher Stevenson (Thurston Hall) about her racy novel ruining her reputation, meets his wife (Nana Bryant) and artist Michael (Melvyn Douglas), in Richard Boleslawski's Theodora Goes Wild, 1936.

Theodora Goes Wild (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Eve And The Serpent Innocent Theodora (Irene Dunne), aiming to prove she's as worldly as the author of her racy novel would be, in the apartment of handsome artist Michael (Melvyn Douglas), in Richard Boleslawski's Theodora Goes Wild, 1936.

Talk Of The Town, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Such Monumental Inefficiency Law professor Lightcap (Ronald Colman) expresses his displeasure with his reception then dismisses his new landlord Nora (Jean Arthur), whom he still doesn't know has escaped accused killer Dilg (Cary Grant) hidden upstairs, in George Stevens' The Talk Of The Town, 1942.

Talk of the Town, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) That's The Gardener, Joseph Escaped convict Dilg (Cary Grant) reveals himself to vacationing Professor Lightcap (Ronald Colman) but is rescued by landlord Nora (Jean Arthur) who announces that he's only Joseph, the gardener, in George Stevens' The Talk of the Town, 1942.

Group, The (1966) -- Original Trailer No doubt attributable to producer Charles K. Feldman, who invested heavily in the book by Vassar graduate, novelist and political essayist/agitator Mary McCarthy, the luxurious trailer for the partly autobiographical The Group, 1966, with commentary by all the members, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Shirley Knight, Mary-Robin Redd, Jessica Walter, Kathleen Widdoes, Joanna Pettet and Candice Bergen.

Right To Romance, The - (Original Trailer) A plastic surgeon (Ann Harding) jeopardizes her marriage when she must operate on her husband's ex-girlfriend in The Right to Romance (1933).

Family

Amanda Silver

Granddaughter

Screenwriter. Wrote debut screenplay for "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (1992).

Bibliography

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