Sidney Franklin Articles

Norma Shearer in The Barretts of Wimpole Street FILM The Barretts of Wimpole Street d: Sidney Franklin; scr: Ernest Vajda, Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart The Count of Monte Cristo d: Rowland V. Lee; scr: Philip Dunne, Dan Totheroh, Rowland V. Lee The Gay Divorcee d: Mark Sandrich; scr: George Marion Jr., Dorothy Yost, Edward Kaufman Hide-out d: W. S. Van Dyke; scr: Albert Hackett, [...]

February 2007 will be Talmadge month at New York City’s Donnell Library Center Auditorium. As part of the "Meet the Music Makers" series, which explores the artistic symbiosis between the silent screen and live musical accompaniment, three Constance Talmadge vehicles and one Norma Talmadge comedy will be screened on four consecutive Wednesdays, beginning February 7, at 2:30pm. Admission is free. The musicians accompanying the screenings [...]

Ramon Novarro and May McAvoy in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ BEST FILM Ben-Hur d: Fred Niblo (assisted by Christy Cabanne, Alfred L. Raboch, B. Reeves Eason); scr: Carey Wilson, Bess Meredyth, June Mathis; titles: Katherine Hilliker, H. H. Caldwell The Big Parade d: King Vidor; scr: Laurence Stallings, Harry Behn; titles: Joseph W. Farnham Her Sister from Paris d: Sidney Franklin; scr: Hans [...]

Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover in Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari BEST FILM Broken Blossoms d, scr: D. W. Griffith Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari / The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari d: Robert Wiene; scr: Carl Mayer, Hans Janowitz The Hoodlum d: Sidney Franklin; scr: Frances Marion   CHECK THESE OUT The False Faces d, scr: Irvin Willat The Sentimental Bloke d: [...]