Sidney Buchman
Sidney Robert Buchman (
March 27,
1902 –
August 23,
1975) was a
film writer and
producer who worked on 38 films from the late
1920s to the early
1970s.
Born in
Duluth,
Minnesota, he served as President of the
Writers' Guild of America in 1941-1942. Sidney Buchman is remembered for writing comedy films such as
Here Comes Mr. Jordan,
The Talk of the Town, and
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington for which he received an
Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay nomination. His refusal to provide the names of
American Communist Party members to the
House Committee on Un-American Activities 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.
Buchman is probably best known for co-writing the 1963 movie
Cleopatra, starring
Elizabeth Taylor,
Richard Burton and
Rex Harrison.
He is also sometimes credited as
Sydney Buchman.
He died in
Cannes,
France.
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Filmography from IMDB 
