Tag: Sidney Buchman

Talk Of The Town Script

Script by:Irwin Shaw (Screenplay), Sidney Buchman (Screenplay), Sidney Harmon (Story)
Directed by:George Stevens
Year:1942
IMDb:tt0035417

Plot:When the Holmes Woolen Mill burns down, political activist Leopold Dilg is jailed for arson (and murder; one man was lost). Escaping, Leopold hides out in the home of his childhood sweetheart Nora Shelley ...which she has just rented to unsuspecting law professor Michael Lightcap.
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan Script

Script by:Sidney Buchman (Screenplay), Seton I. Miller (Screenplay), Harry Segall (Theatre Play)
Directed by:Alexander Hall
Year:1941
IMDb:tt0033712

Plot:Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?
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Lost Horizon Script

Script by:James Hilton (Novel), Robert Riskin (Screenplay), Sidney Buchman (Screenplay)
Directed by:Frank Capra
Year:1937
IMDb:tt0029162

Plot:British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like valley of Shangri-la. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-la provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Script

Script by:Sidney Buchman (Screenplay), Lewis R. Foster (Story)
Directed by:Frank Capra
Year:1939
IMDb:tt0031679

Plot:Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.
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Cleopatra Script

Script by:Carlo Mario Franzero (Novel), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Screenplay), Ranald MacDougall (Screenplay), Sidney Buchman (Screenplay)
Directed by:Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian, Darryl F. Zanuck
Year:1963
IMDb:tt0056937

Plot:Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.
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