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Sy Bartlett

Sy Bartlett

Writer, Producer

Born July 10, 1900 in Mykolaiv, Ukraine

Died May 29, 1978

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Sy Bartlett (July 10, 1900 – May 29, 1978) was an American author and screenwriter/producer of Hollywood films. Born Sacha Baraniev in Ukraine, he immigrated to the United States at the age of four and adopted the name Sidney Bartlett. Bartlett died in Hollywood on May 29, 1978, aged 77, from cancer. Sy Bartlett was born on July 10, 1900 in the Black Sea seaport of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine. His parents immigrated to the United States in 1904, settling in Chicago. Bartlett attended Northwestern University and was trained at the Medill School of Journalism.

He worked as a newspaper reporter before moving to Hollywood to become a screenwriter. His first credited work was for RKO Studios in 1933 and he wrote 28 screenplays from 1933 to 1969. In the 1950s he became interested in producing films, and with film star Gregory Peck founded Melville Productions in 1956.

Bartlett enjoyed being a Hollywood socialite in the 1930s and was well known for the Sunday barbecues he frequently hosted. He was sometimes connected by tabloids to scandals on occasion, and married three times, each time to Hollywood actresses – Alice White, Ellen Drew, and Patricia Owens. Of Jewish descent, Bartlett was understandably strongly anti-Nazi, once striking an employee of the German consulate in the face during a nightclub argument.

Following World War II, Bartlett returned to Hollywood and joined 20th Century Fox as a writer. In 1946, he began a collaboration with Beirne Lay which resulted in the 1948 publication of the novel Twelve O'Clock High (Harper & Brothers), and in December 1949, the release of the film based on the same story (work on production began a year before publication).

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Type

Year

Broadway to Hollywood TV Series1949Self

The Hollywood Gad-About Poster

The Hollywood Gad-About Documentary1934Self

Writer

30

Type

Year

Che! Feature Film1969

In Enemy Country Poster

In Enemy Country Feature Film1968

12 O'Clock High Poster

12 O'Clock High TV Series1964

A Gathering of Eagles Poster

A Gathering of Eagles Feature Film1963

Beloved Infidel Poster

Beloved Infidel Feature Film1959

The Big Country Poster

The Big Country Feature Film1958

Suspicion Poster

Suspicion TV Series1957

That Lady Poster

That Lady Feature Film1955

The Last Command Poster

The Last Command Feature Film1955

Paratrooper Poster

Paratrooper Feature Film1953

Down to the Sea in Ships Poster

Down to the Sea in Ships Feature Film1949

Twelve O'Clock High Poster

Twelve O'Clock High Feature Film1949

13 Rue Madeleine Poster

13 Rue Madeleine Feature Film1946

The Princess and the Pirate Poster

The Princess and the Pirate Feature Film1944

Bullet Scars Poster

Bullet Scars Feature Film1942

Two Yanks in Trinidad Poster

Two Yanks in Trinidad Feature Film1942

Road to Zanzibar Poster

Road to Zanzibar Feature Film1941

Sandy Gets Her Man Poster

Sandy Gets Her Man Feature Film1940

The Amazing Mr. Williams Poster

The Amazing Mr. Williams Feature Film1939

The Lady's from Kentucky Poster

The Lady's from Kentucky Feature Film1939

Cocoanut Grove Poster

Cocoanut Grove Feature Film1938

Sergeant Murphy Poster

Sergeant Murphy Feature Film1938

Danger Patrol Poster

Danger Patrol Feature Film1937

The Man Who Cried Wolf Poster

The Man Who Cried Wolf Feature Film1937

Boulder Dam Poster

Boulder Dam Feature Film1936

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan Poster

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan Feature Film1936

Under Your Spell Poster

Under Your Spell Feature Film1936

Going Highbrow Poster

Going Highbrow Feature Film1935

Kansas City Princess Poster

Kansas City Princess Feature Film1934

The Big Brain Poster

The Big Brain Feature Film1933

Producer

6

Che! Feature Film1969

A Gathering of Eagles Poster

A Gathering of Eagles Feature Film1963

Cape Fear Poster

Cape Fear Feature Film1962

The Outsider Poster

The Outsider Feature Film1961

Pork Chop Hill Poster

Pork Chop Hill Feature Film1959

That Lady Poster

That Lady Feature Film1955

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