Ben Silvey Explained

Ben Silvey
Birth Name:	Benjamin Silberman
Birth Date:	23 May 1894
Birth Place:	New York, USA
Death Place:	Hollywood, California, USA
Occupation:	assistant director, producer and Production manager
Yearsactive:	1924-1948

Ben Silvey (May 23, 1894  - February 7, 1948) was an American assistant director, producer and production manager. He was nominated at the 6th Academy Awards for the short lived Best Assistant Director category.^{[1] [2]}

Filmography

• The Masked Dancer (1924) (assistant director)
• Wedding Rings (1929) (assistant director)
• Song of the Flame (1930) (assistant director)
• Those Who Dance (1930) (assistant director)
• Compromised (1931) (assistant director)
• Advice to the Lovelorn (1933) (assistant director)
• Blood Money (1933)
• The Bowery (1933) (second unit director)
• The King's Vacation (1933) (assistant director)
• Ladies They Talk About (1933) (assistant director)
• The House of Rothschild (1934) (assistant director)
• Kid Millions (1934) (assistant director)
• The Last Gentleman (1934) (assistant director)
• Cardinal Richelieu (1935) (assistant director)
• Clive of India (1935) (assistant director)
• Thanks a Million (1935) (assistant director)
• It Had to Happen (1936) (assistant director)
• One in a Million (1936) (assistant producer)
• Under Two Flags (1936) (unit manager)
• Second Honeymoon (1937) (assistant to the producer)
• Thin Ice (1937) (assistant producer)
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) (assistant producer)
• Straight Place and Show (1938) (assistant to the producer)
• Three Blind Mice (1938) (assistant to the producer)
• Jesse James (1939) (associate producer)
• Stanley and Livingstone (1939) (assistant producer)
• The Return of Frank James (1940) (production manager)
• Sun Valley Serenade (1941) (production manager)
• Western Union (1941) (unit manager)
• Lifeboat (1944) (production manager)
• The Spider (1945) (assistant producer)
• Within These Walls (1945) (producer)
• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) (production manager)
• The Snake Pit (1948) (production manager)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 6th Academy Awards | 1934.
2. Web site: Ben Silvey | Movies and Filmography.