Sidney Buchman

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.

Sidney Buchman
Born
Sidney Robert Buchman

(1902-03-27)March 27, 1902
Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedAugust 23, 1975(1975-08-23) (aged 73)
Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Other namesSydney Buchman
OccupationScreenwriter & Producer

Biography

Born to a Jewish family,[1] in Duluth, Minnesota,[2] and educated at Columbia University, where he was a member of the Philolexian Society, he served as President of the Screen Writers Guild of America in 1941–1942. Buchman was one of the most successful Hollywood screenwriters of the 1930s and 1940s.

His scripts from this period include The Right to Romance (1933), She Married Her Boss (1935), The King Steps Out (1936), Theodora Goes Wild (1936) and Holiday (1938). He would go on to receive Academy Award nominations for his writing on Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), The Talk of the Town (1942), and Jolson Sings Again (1949), winning an Oscar for Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941). He also did uncredited work on various films during this period, notably The Awful Truth. He was the 1965 recipient of the Laurel Award of the Writers Guild of America, West.

Buchman's refusal to provide the names of American Communist Party members to the House Un-American Activities Committee led to a charge of contempt of Congress. Buchman was fined, given a year's suspended sentence, and was then blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses.

He would return to screenwriting in the 1960s, working on Cleopatra (1963) and The Group (1966).

Personal life

Buchman married twice and has one daughter, Susanna Silver, with his first wife.[2] His granddaughter and grandson are Amanda Silver and Michael B. Silver, respectively. He died in his adopted home in Cannes on August 23, 1975 at the age of 73.

Selected filmography

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result
1940 12th Academy Awards Best Screenplay
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
 Nominated
1942 14th Academy Awards Best Screenplay (shared with Seton I. Miller)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
 Won
1943 15th Academy Awards Best Screenplay (shared with Irwin Shaw)
The Talk of the Town
 Nominated
1950 22nd Academy Awards Best Story and Screenplay
Jolson Sings Again
 Nominated
2nd Writers Guild of America Awards Best Written Musical Nominated
1952 4th Writers Guild of America Awards Best Written Film Concerning Problems with the American Scene (shared with Millard Lampell)
Saturday's Hero
 Nominated

Sidney Buchman received a Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement at the 17th Writers Guild of America Awards on March 17, 1965.

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References
  1. Siegel, Lee (November 15, 2013). "We Are What We Hide". The New Yorker.
  2. "Sidney Buchman, Scenarist, Dead". New York Times. August 25, 1975.


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