Direction: Sidney Franklin

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Sidney Franklin. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


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

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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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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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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