Born Yesterday
1951
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S. Sylvan Simon (March 9, 1910 – May 17, 1951) was an American stage /film director and producer. He directed numerous Hollywood films in the late 1930s to 1940s, and was the producer of Born Yesterday (1950). Life and work.
S. Sylvan Simon. Producer: Born Yesterday. Director S. Sylvan Simon worked as a drama coach, radio executive and stage director before joining Warner Brothers in 1935. He then moved to MGM as director and assistant director in 1937. His sudden death at the age of 41 shocked all who knew him and he was mourned throughout the film industry.
- Director, Producer
- March 9, 1910
- S. Sylvan Simon
- May 17, 1951
S. Sylvan Simon. Motion Picture Director and Producer. He was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar in 1950 for Born Yesterday. He also directed-produced Rio Rita (1942), Son Of Lassie (1945), Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945) and The Fuller Brush Man (1948).
Overview. Born. March 9, 1910 · Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died. May 17, 1951 · Beverly Hills, California, USA (heart attack) Birth name. Samuel Sylvan Simon. Mini Bio. Director S. Sylvan Simon worked as a drama coach, radio executive and stage director before joining Warner Brothers in 1935.
- March 9, 1910
- May 17, 1951
The Fuller Brush Man: Directed by S. Sylvan Simon. With Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Don McGuire, Hillary Brooke. Striving to be a whiz-bang salesman and screwing up at every turn, Red Skelton turns in a genius comic performance inevitably getting into big trouble, impossible situations and a wild chase involving dastardly crooks.
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- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- S. Sylvan Simon
- 1948-06
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A graduate of Columbia University, American director S. Sylvan Simon enjoyed a long career as a drama coach, radio executive and stage director before signing on at Warner Bros. in 1935 to direct screen tests. He moved to MGM as director and assistant director in 1937; here he began to cultivate a skill for fast-paced comedy.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 18-- S. Sylvan Simon, producer-director for Columbia Pictures, died in his home here late yesterday of a heart attack. He was 41 years old. View Full Article in...
