Sidney Buchman

Biography

Sidney Robert Buchman (March 27, 1902 – August 23, 1975) was an American screenwriter and producer who worked on about 40 films from the late 1920s to the early 1970s. He received four Oscar nominations and won once for Best Screenplay for fantasy romantic comedy film Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) along with Seton I. Miller.

Most Famous Work

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Cleopatra

(1963) Screenplay

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

(1939) Screenplay

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Lost Horizon

(1937) Screenplay

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The Awful Truth

(1937) Screenplay

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Holiday

(1938) Screenplay

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The Talk of the Town

(1942) Screenplay

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Here Comes Mr. Jordan

(1941) Screenplay

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The Group

(1966) Screenplay

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Acting

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1977	Screenplay	Billy Jack Goes to Washington 1977-04-16 Movie
1971	Scenario Writer	The Deadly Trap 1971-06-09 Movie
1966	Screenplay	The Group 1966-03-04 Movie
1963	Screenplay	Cleopatra 1963-06-12 Movie
1961	Screenplay	The Mark 1961-06-08 Movie
1951	Screenplay	Saturday's Hero 1951-03-01 Movie
1949	Screenplay	Jolson Sings Again 1949-08-17 Movie
1948	Writer	To the Ends of the Earth 1948-02-07 Movie
1945	Screenplay	Over 21 1945-08-08 Movie
	Writer	A Song to Remember 1945-01-19 Movie
1942	Screenplay	The Talk of the Town 1942-08-20 Movie
1941	Screenplay	Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941-08-07 Movie
1940	Screenplay	The Howards of Virginia 1940-09-19 Movie
1939	Screenplay	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939-10-19 Movie
1938	Screenplay	Holiday 1938-05-26 Movie
1937	Screenplay	The Awful Truth 1937-10-20 Movie
	Screenplay	Lost Horizon 1937-03-03 Movie
1936	Screenplay	Theodora Goes Wild 1936-11-12 Movie
	Screenplay	Adventure in Manhattan 1936-10-08 Movie
	Writer	The King Steps Out 1936-05-27 Movie
1935	Screenplay	She Married Her Boss 1935-09-19 Movie
	Screenplay	Love Me Forever 1935-06-28 Movie
1934	Screenplay	His Greatest Gamble 1934-08-10 Movie
	Screenplay	Whom the Gods Destroy 1934-07-12 Movie
	Screenplay	All of Me 1934-02-01 Movie
1933	Screenplay	The Right To Romance 1933-11-17 Movie
	Writer	From Hell to Heaven 1933-02-24 Movie
1932	Screenplay	The Sign of the Cross 1932-11-30 Movie
	Writer	If I Had a Million 1932-11-18 Movie
	Writer	Thunder Below 1932-06-17 Movie
	Writer	No One Man 1932-01-22 Movie
1931	Dialogue	The Beloved Bachelor 1931-10-23 Movie
	Dialogue	Daughter of the Dragon 1931-09-05 Movie
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Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1971	Associate Producer	The Deadly Trap 1971-06-09 Movie
1966	Producer	The Group 1966-03-04 Movie
1948	Producer	To the Ends of the Earth 1948-02-07 Movie
1946	Producer	The Jolson Story 1946-10-10 Movie
1945	Producer	Over 21 1945-08-08 Movie
	Producer	A Song to Remember 1945-01-19 Movie
1937	Producer	She Married an Artist 1937-11-27 Movie
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Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1946	Additional Writing	The Jolson Story 1946-10-10 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv