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S. Sylvan Simon is a Director and Producer American born on 9 march 1910 at Chicago (USA)

S. Sylvan Simon

S. Sylvan Simon
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Nationality USA
Birth 9 march 1910 at Chicago (USA)
Death 17 may 1951 (at 41 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)

S. Sylvan Simon (March 9, 1910 - May 17, 1951) was an American stage/film director and producer. He began his film career at Warner Bros. in 1935, directing screen tests. In 1937, he moved to MGM, where he worked on the Marx Brothers' The Big Store, supervising many of the slapstick sequences. He directed Red Skelton's first starring feature, 1941's Whistling in the Dark, and later worked with Skelton again on Skelton's 1948 vehicle, A Southern Yankee and The Fuller Brush Man in 1948. Simon also directed Wallace Beery in Bad Bascomb (1946).

He died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 41.

Biography

Il commença sa carrière cinématographique à Warner Brothers en 1935, responsable directeur de différents tests d'écran (screen tests). En 1937, Simon a déménagé à MGM, où il put travailler avec les frères Marx (Marx Brothers) dans le film Les Marx au grand magasin (The Big Store, 1941) supervisant plusieurs séquences d'écran (screen tests). Il dirigea l'acteur Red Skelton lors de son premier long métrage intitulé Whistling in the Dark (1941), et plus tard il travailla sur deux autres projets de Skelton tel que : Un Yankee du Sud et Fuller Brush Man, en 1948. Simon a également dirigé Wallace Beery dans Bad Bascomb (1946), Glenn Ford dans Lust for Gold (1949) ainsi que Jane Powell dans son tout premier film en noir et blanc Hollywood Mélodie (Song of the Open Road) en 1944.

Simon fut le producteur de Comment l'esprit vient aux femmes (Born Yesterday), une comédie de 1950 qui a été nominée de cinq Oscars.

Il mourut subitement d'une crise cardiaque à l'âge de 41 ans. Ses cendres ont été enterrées dans une modeste urne funéraire en bronze avec une plaque signalétique en sa mémoire commémorative (Urne # 20174), dans le Grand Mausolé de Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, à Glendale en Californie.

Best films

Born Yesterday (1951)
(Producer)

Usually with

Arthur Space
Arthur Space
(16 films)
Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(18 films)
Jean Louis
Jean Louis
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of S. Sylvan Simon (39 films)

Display filmography as detailed form
YearNameJobRoles
1951Born YesterdayProducer
1950Father Is a BachelorProducer
1950The Fuller Brush GirlProducer
1950The Good Humor ManProducer
1949Lust for GoldDirector, Producer
1949Miss Grant Takes RichmondProducer
1949ShockproofProducer
1948The Fuller Brush ManDirector, Producer
1948I Love TroubleDirector, Producer
1947Her Husband's AffairsDirector
1946Bad BascombDirector
1946The Cockeyed MiracleDirector
1946The Thrill of BrazilDirector
1945Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in HollywoodDirector, Producer
1945Son of LassieDirector
1944Song of the Open RoadDirector
1943Salute to the MarinesDirector
1943Whistling in BrooklynDirector
1942The Bugle SoundsDirector
1942Grand Central MurderDirector
1942Rio RitaDirector
1942Whistling in DixieDirector
1942TishDirector
1941Whistling in the DarkDirector
1941Washington MelodramaDirector
1940Two Girls on BroadwayDirector
1940Keeping CompanyDirector
1940Sporting BloodDirector
1940DulcyDirector
1939Dancing Co-EdDirector
1939Four Girls in WhiteDirector
1939These Glamour GirlsDirector
1939The Kid From TexasDirector
1938Spring MadnessDirector
1938Spring MadnessDirector
1938The Nurse from BrooklynDirector
1938The Crime of Doctor HalletDirector
1937A Girl with IdeasDirector
1937Prescription for RomanceDirector