The 20 Best Films of S. Sylvan Simon
Here I have listed the twenty best films of the filmmaker S. Sylvan Simon.
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- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsAnn SothernIan HunterRoland YoungA dizzy young woman arranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend's vacation into a chance meeting with a possible investor who happens to be her brother's future father-in-law, and wacky stuff happens.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsLana TurnerRichard CarlsonArtie Shaw and His OrchestraAfter discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.S. Sylvan Simon displays a great flair for comic timing in this slight, but energetic college comedy.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsLew AyresLana TurnerTom BrownA drunken college boy invites a taxi dancer to spend the weekend at his snobbish school.A nubile Lana Turner stars in S. Sylvan Simon's biggest and most successful film up until this time.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsLana TurnerJoan BlondellGeorge MurphyEddie sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly who brings her younger sister Pat. Upon seeing Molly and Pat dance, the producer picks Pat for the show and gives Molly a job selling cigarettes. A wealthy friend of the producer named Chad, also has is eye on Pat. Pat is teamed with Eddie in the specialty number as Kerns and Mahoney. Pat and Eddie soon realize that they are in love and must tell Molly. Pat balks at hurting Molly and goes out with Chad who already has five ex-wives.Simon directs this slight musical featuring the rising star Lana Turner.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsMaureen O'SullivanLew AyresRuth HusseyIn their last semester at Harvard, Sam Thatcher and his roommate, who is nicknamed "The Lippencott", have grand ideas of seeing the remote corners of the world, having booked passage on a freighter from New York to Siberia, setting sail immediately after they graduate. They plan to live and observe the economic life there for two years before they settle down. They've had such plans since they were freshmen, not wanting to be tied down to the American rat race immediately following graduation. Sam, however, has not mentioned any of these plans to his girlfriend, Alex Benson, also a student in her final semester at the New England College for Women. Alex wants Sam to attend the college's spring dance with her to be able to show him off to the other girls, the dance being a rite of passage to a serious commitment. Sam doesn't want to lead Alex on by attending but also doesn't want to miss one last opportunity to see her. His plan to graduate and attend the dance hits a snag when the cruise is moved up by two weeks, now at the end of the weekend of the dance. Lipp, who has a mole in a mutual friend named Hat who goes to the college every weekend to visit with his girl, Frances, a friend of Alex's, doesn't trust Sam, whom he feels may leave him in the lurch by not going on the trip to Siberia. Knowing that Sam, against his word, will be going to the college to see Alex anyway, Lipp decides to ambush him at the college to make sure he says his goodbyes and heads to New York for their departure. The weekend thus becomes a race between Alex's friends, who, without Alex's knowledge, do whatever they can to ensure Sam doesn't want to make that ship, and Lipp who knows there's something afoot behind all those feminine curls. Added to the fray is the fact that the dance is being attended by boys from all the Ivy League schools, who have a friendly or not so friendly rivalry with Harvard.As his first film at MGM, S. Sylvan Simon directs this comedy with several big stars including Maureen Sullivan, Lew Ayres, and Burgess Meredith. This was quite a step up for Simon from Universal's smaller films.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsFlorence RiceUna MerkelAnn RutherfordFour student nurses cope with life and career problems while interning at a major hospital.Simon directs this nurse drama from MGM.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsFrank MorganAnn RutherfordJohn SheltonA real estate agent and his wife try to advise their eldest daughter about marriage.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsRandolph ScottHope HamptonGlenda FarrellScrewball comedy western about a socialite who wants to be divorced from a rancher.Randolph Scott stars in this film from Universal that Simon directs.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsRalph BellamyJosephine HutchinsonWilliam GarganDoctor in jungle works on cure for fever.S. Sylvan Simon directs this Universal film starring Ralph Bellamy.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsDennis O'KeefeFlorence RiceJohn HubbardA loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo, finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.Simon directs this Simon O'Keefe vehicle for MGM.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsWendy BarrieWalter PidgeonKent TaylorA rich banker's zany daughter gains control of a large newspaper.S. Sylvan Simon directs this Universal film starring Wendy Barrie and Walter Pidgeon.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsWendy BarrieKent TaylorFrank JenksAfter Kenneth Barton absconds with stolen funds, the bankers' association finds a love letter in his effects that suggests he may have run away to Hungary. The association sends detective Steve Macy to Budapest to find the woman who wrote the letter and capture Barton. In Budapest, Steve pretends to be Barton and allows himself to be arrested because he hopes that newspaper reports of the arrest will attract Barton's lover. Dr. Valerie Wilson, an American studying in Budapest who believes that Barton had helped her father in the past, comes to the jail to offer her help. She immediately realizes that Steve is not Barton, and he is released from jail. He and Valerie have dinner, but she leaves early to see a patient. Because he is sure the patient is really Barton, Steve follows her. In fact, much to Valerie's surprise, Barton is waiting for her in her apartment. Barton convinces Valerie that he has been falsely accused, and she agrees to help him elude Steve. Lola Carroll, Barton's former girlfriend, arrives in Budapest determined to get her share of the stolen money. She is befriended by Sandor, an impoverished count, who thinks she is a wealthy American woman. Meanwhile, Valerie has given Barton the keys to a country house belonging to her friend, Dr. Paul Azarny, where he can hide. Paul convinces Valerie that Barton will be safe only after he crosses the border, so she picks up Barton's suitcases and takes the train to the country to help him escape. She is followed by Steve, Sandor, Lola and a reporter, Smitty. Even after Steve tells Valerie about Barton's crimes, she still believes in his innocence, but when Steve tells Valerie that he will help clear Barton's name if he is not really guilty of the crime, she agrees to ask Barton to turn himself in to Steve. At first, Barton pretends to go along with Valerie's suggestion, but later attempts an escape with Lola. Steve captures them and Smitty covers the story. After everything is cleared up, Valerie and Steve embrace.Simon directs Barrie again for Universal.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsSally EilersPaul KellyLarry J. BlakeA nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of shooting the man knows that he didn't do it, and sets out to find the real killer and clear his own name.Simon directs this B-film for Universal.
- DirectorCharles ChauvelS. Sylvan SimonStarsKay HughesK.W. PawleyCesar RomeroS. Sylvan Simon helped to shoot these screen tests of Kay Hughes and Cesar Romero. Simon is in the film as a reader of the other parts.