Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Sidney Arnold Franklin (March 21, 1893 – May 18, 1972) was an American film director and producer. Franklin, like William C. deMille , specialized in adapting literary works or Broadway stage plays.

  2. Sidney Franklin (born Sidney Frumkin; 11 July 1903 – 26 April 1976) was the first American to become a successful matador, the most senior level of bullfighter. Biography [ edit ] Sidney Franklin was born in Brooklyn, New York to Orthodox Jewish parents. [2]

  3. Jun 3, 2019 · Sidney Franklin was the first American to reach the status of a matador. (Edward Steichen/Condé Nast via Getty Images) ... [Franklin] blew up this macho image of himself, which I also felt was an ...

  4. Jun 25, 2019 · Mr. Franklin, who died in 1976 when he was 72, was the first Jewish-American to reach the elite status of “matador” in Spanish bullfighting circles. He was also gay. His sexual identity was an ...

  5. May 14, 2024 · Sidney Franklin (born March 1, 1893, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died May 18, 1972, Santa Monica, California) was an American film director and producer best known for The Good Earth (1937), his sweeping adaptation of the best-selling novel by Pearl S. Buck. Nils Asther and Greta Garbo in Wild Orchids (1929), directed by Sidney Franklin.

    • Michael Barson
  6. Corey Kilgannon looks at the life of Sidney Franklin, the first Jewish American to reach matador status in Spain, who hid his sexuality in plain sight. Thursday 04 July 2019 13:07 BST.

  7. People also ask

  8. Sidney Franklin. Director: The Good Earth. Sidney Franklin was involved in amateur filmmaking while still at school. With his brother Chester M. Franklin, he wrote, directed and edited a short film, The Baby (1915), at a cost of $400.

  1. People also search for