| Sidney Franklin | |
| Birth Name: | Sidney Arnold Franklin |
| Birth Date: | 21 March 1893 |
| Birth Place: | San Francisco, California, US |
| Death Place: | Santa Monica, California, US |
| Restingplace: | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
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| Children: | 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.[1]
His brother Chester Franklin (1889–1954) also became a director during the silent film era, best known for directing the early Technicolor film The Toll of the Sea.