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Sidney Robert Buchman (March 27, 1902 – August 23, 1975) was an American screenwriter and film producer who worked on about 40films from the late 1920s to the early 1970s. He received fourOscar nominations and won once forBest Screenplay for the fantasy romantic comedy filmHere Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), sharing the award withSeton I. Miller.

Born to aJewish family^[1] inDuluth, Minnesota^[2] and educated atColumbia University, where he was a member of thePhilolexian Society, he served as President of theScreen Writers Guild of America from 1941–1942.^[3]

Buchman was one of the most successful Hollywood screenwriters of the 1930s and 1940s.^{[citation needed]}

His scripts from this period includeThe Right to Romance (1933),She Married Her Boss (1935),The King Steps Out (1936),Theodora Goes Wild (1936) andHoliday (1938). He would go on to receiveAcademy Award nominations for his writing onMr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939),The Talk of the Town (1942), andJolson Sings Again (1949), winning an Oscar forHere Comes Mr. Jordan (1941). He also did uncredited work on various films during this period, notablyThe Awful Truth. He was the 1965 recipient of theLaurel Award of the Writers Guild of America, West.

Buchman's refusal to provide the names ofAmerican Communist Party members to theHouse Un-American Activities Committee led to a charge ofcontempt of Congress. Buchman was fined, given a year's suspended sentence, and was thenblacklisted by the Hollywoodmovie studio bosses.^[4][5]

He returned to screenwriting in the 1960s, working onCleopatra (1963) andThe Group (1966).

Buchman was a supporter ofFranklin Roosevelt.^[6]

Buchman married twice and had one daughter, Susanna Silver, with his first wife.^[2] His granddaughter and grandson areAmanda Silver andMichael B. Silver, respectively. With his second wife, he had another daughter, Carla. He died in his adopted home inCannes on August 24, 1975, at the age of 73.

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• She Married Her Boss (1935)
• The Music Goes 'Round (1936)
• The King Steps Out (1936)
• Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
• She Married An Artist (1937)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
• The Howards of Virginia (1940)
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

Sidney Buchman received aLaurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement at the 17thWriters Guild of America Awards on March 17, 1965.

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