Sidney Sanford Brod (December 13, 1899 – February 10, 1955) was an American assistant director, producer and screenwriter who was nominated during the
6th Academy Awards
The 6th Academy Awards were held on March 16, 1934, to honor films released between August 1, 1932 and December 31, 1933, at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Will Rogers, who also presented the awards.
Whe ...
for the short lived
Best Assistant Director The Academy Award for Best Assistant Director was awarded from 1933 through 1937. In the first year of this award, it referred to no specific film.
* 1933:
** Charles Barton (Paramount) - winner
** Scott Beal (Universal) - winner
**Charles Dorian ...
category. He died in 1955 at the age of 55. He also was the production designer as well for a film and his last project was an associate producer for ''
The Bing Crosby Show'' which was
Bing Crosby's first TV special.
William Powell
William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was an American actor. A major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he was paired with Myrna Loy in 14 films, including the '' Thin Man'' series based on the Nick and Nora Charles characters cr ...
credited Sid Brod with introducing him to
Carole Lombard in 1930, saying,“Here is the girl who is going to play opposite you.”
[Photoplay 1936-04: Vol 49 Iss 4:102]
Selected filmography
*''
Time to Love'' (1927) (assistant director)
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Mama Loves Papa'' (1933) (assistant director)
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This Is the Life'' (1935) (writer-adaptation)
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Straight from the Shoulder'' (1936) (associate producer)
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Knickerbocker Holiday
''Knickerbocker Holiday'' is a 1938 musical written by Kurt Weill (music) and Maxwell Anderson (book and lyrics); based loosely on Washington Irving's ''Knickerbocker's History of New York'' about life in 17th-century New Netherland (old New ...
'' (1944) (production manager)
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1899 births
1955 deaths
Film directors from New York (state)
American male screenwriters
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters
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