Direction: Sidney Franklin
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Sidney Franklin. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 32
The Good Earth
1937 · Movie · 138 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Franklin
Cast Paul Muni · Luise Rainer · Walter Connolly · Charley Grapewin
Synopsis The story of a farmer in China: a story of humility and bravery. His father gives Wang Lung a freed slave as wife. By diligence and frugality the two manage to enlarge their property. But then a famine forces them...
7.3
537 votes
7.3
537 votes
Wild Orchids
1929 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Franklin
Cast Greta Garbo · Lewis Stone · Nils Asther · Dick Sutherland
Synopsis A prince in Java tries to seduce his visitor's wife, but he's discovered.
6.3
39 votes
6.3
39 votes
Smilin' Through
1932 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Franklin
Cast Norma Shearer · Fredric March · Leslie Howard · O.P. Heggie
Synopsis John has lead a solitary life for thirty years since the death of Moonyeen Clare. But now Owens, a close friend, insists that he care for his niece, Kathleen, orphaned when her parents were lost at sea. Kathleen is five,...
6.2
61 votes
6.2
61 votes
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1957 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Franklin
Cast Jennifer Jones · John Gielgud · Bill Travers · Virginia McKenna
Synopsis The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a classic movie, from 1957, starring Jennifer Jones as the poet Elizabeth Barrett. The move explores her relationship with her controlling father Edward Mounton-Barrett (John Gielgud) and her love for Robert Browning (Bill Travers)....
6.2
52 votes
6.2
52 votes
The Dark Angel
1935 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Franklin
Cast Fredric March · Merle Oberon · Herbert Marshall · Janet Beecher
Synopsis Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has waited until the beginning of World War I before finally choosing Alan. Gerald graciously gives...
6.2
78 votes
6.2
78 votes
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Franklin
Cast Norma Shearer · Fredric March · Charles Laughton · Maureen O'Sullivan
6.2
60 votes
6.2
60 votes
Private Lives
1931 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Franklin
Cast Norma Shearer · Robert Montgomery · Reginald Denny · Una Merkel
Synopsis Elyot and Sibyl are being married in a big church ceremony. Amanda and Victor are being married by a French Justice of the Peace. Both couples go to a hotel on the same day and are put in adjoining rooms...
6.0
21 votes
6.0
21 votes
Unseen Forces
1920 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Franklin
Cast Sylvia Breamer · Rosemary Theby · Conrad Nagel · Robert Cain
Synopsis As children, Clyde meets Miriam, and seem to fall in love, but when they get older, a misunderstanding prevents their marrying, and he instead takes Winifred, a social climber, resulting in a loveless union. Miriam has a mysterious second sight...
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The Guardsman
1931 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Franklin
Cast Alfred Lunt · Lynn Fontanne · Roland Young · ZaSu Pitts
Synopsis An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a year, are already showing signs of strain in their marriage. The actor believes his wife is capable of infidelity and sets out to...
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Her Sister from Paris
1925 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Franklin
Cast Constance Talmadge · Ronald Colman · George K. Arthur · Gertrude Claire
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Heart o' the Hills
1919 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Joseph De Grasse · Sidney Franklin
Cast Mary Pickford · Harold Goodwin · Allan Sears · Fred Huntley
Synopsis In the Kentucky hills, Jason Honeycutt lives with his harsh stepfather Steve, not far from where his friend Mavis Hawn lives with her widowed mother. Mavis spends much of her time preparing for the day when she can discover who...
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The Primitive Lover
1922 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Franklin
Cast Constance Talmadge · Harrison Ford II · Kenneth Harlan · Joe Roberts
Synopsis A free-spirited girl is caught between her love for her husband and her attraction to a handsome adventurer.
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A Sister of Six
1916 · Movie · 50 min. · United States
Direction Chester M. Franklin · Sidney Franklin
Cast Ben Lewis · Bessie Love · George Stone · Violet Radcliffe
Synopsis A young woman and her six little brothers and sisters are left orphans by the murder of their father over gold found on his ranch. Together the seven offspring fight against their greedy neighbors to keep what is rightfully theirs.
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Tiger Rose
1923 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Franklin
Cast Lenore Ulric · Forrest Stanley · Joseph J. Dowling · George Beranger
Synopsis Having lived at the trading post following the death of her father, Rose will soon fall in love. But when her new love is in trouble, Rose will discover that she is capable of much more than she thought in...
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The Doll-House Mystery
1915 · Movie · 29 min. · United States
Direction Chester M. Franklin · Sidney Franklin
Cast Charles Gorman · George Stone · 'Baby' Carmen De Rue · Jack Hull
Synopsis When a stack of valuable bonds go missing from the Grant household, suspicion falls on little Carmen Grant's playmate Georgie, whose father is a poor ex-convict trying to go straight.
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Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1917 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Chester M. Franklin · Sidney Franklin
Cast Francis Carpenter · F. A. Turner · Virginia Lee Corbin · Alfred Paget
Synopsis The story of Aladdin and the Princess Badr al-badr's adventures as told through child actors.
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Smilin' Through
1922 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Franklin
Cast Norma Talmadge · Wyndham Standing · Harrison Ford II · Alec B. Francis
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The Hoodlum
1919 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Franklin
Cast Mary Pickford · Ralph Lewis · Kenneth Harlan · T.D. Crittenden
Synopsis A spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys, where she becomes involved with all manner of unpleasantness.
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The Children in the House
1916 · Movie · 50 min. · United States
Direction Chester M. Franklin · Sidney Franklin
Cast Norma Talmadge · Alice Wilson · Jewel Carmen · William Hinckley
Synopsis Cora chooses money over love and marries wealthy Arthur Vincent instead of Charles Brown. The couple has two children, but family ties do not prevent Arthur from spending most of his time with cabaret dancer Jane Courtenay.
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The Lady of Scandal
1930 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Franklin
Cast Ruth Chatterton · Basil Rathbone · Ralph Forbes · Nance O'Neil
Synopsis Its plot follows a British actress who becomes involved with a member of an aristocratic family, who try desperately to thwart the match.
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