About

Known credits:
38
Birthday:
1900-07-10
Place of birth:
Mykolaiv, Ukraine
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Sy Bartlett

Overview

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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).

Known for

Acting
1934 The Hollywood Gad-About Actor Self (uncredited) 59
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Writing
1969 Che! Writing Story 58
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1968 In Enemy Country Writing Story 59
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1963 A Gathering of Eagles Writing Story 58
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1959 Beloved Infidel Writing Screenplay 59
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1958 The Big Country Writing Screenplay 65
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1955 The Last Command Writing Story 59
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1955 That Lady Writing Screenplay 58
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1953 The Red Beret Writing Adaptation 59
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1949 Twelve O'Clock High Writing Novel 61
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1949 Twelve O'Clock High Writing Screenplay 61
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1949 Down to the Sea in Ships Writing Story 59
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1949 Down to the Sea in Ships Writing Screenplay 59
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1947 13 Rue Madeleine Writing Screenplay 59
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1944 The Princess and the Pirate Writing Story 59
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1942 Two Yanks in Trinidad Writing Story 58
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1942 Two Yanks in Trinidad Writing Screenplay 58
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1941 Road to Zanzibar Writing Story 59
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1940 Sandy Gets Her Man Writing Writer 58
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1939 The Amazing Mr. Williams Writing Story 59
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1939 The Amazing Mr. Williams Writing Screenplay 59
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1938 Cocoanut Grove Writing Screenplay N/A
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1938 Sergeant Murphy Writing Story 59
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1937 Danger Patrol Writing Screenplay 59
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1937 The Man Who Cried Wolf Writing Screenplay 59
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1936 Under Your Spell Writing Story 59
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1936 Boulder Dam Writing Screenplay 59
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1936 The Murder of Dr. Harrigan Writing Screenplay 59
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1935 Going Highbrow Writing Screenplay 59
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1934 Kansas City Princess Writing Story 58
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1934 Kansas City Princess Writing Screenplay 58
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1933 The Big Brain Writing Screenplay N/A
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1933 The Big Brain Writing Story N/A
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Production
1969 Che! Production Producer 58
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1963 A Gathering of Eagles Production Producer 58
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1962 Cape Fear Production Producer 66
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1959 Pork Chop Hill Production Producer 59
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1955 That Lady Production Producer 58
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