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name: "S. Sylvan Simon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/s-sylvan-simon"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "9 March 1910"
died: "17 May 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T02:05:00.739481+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# S. Sylvan Simon

Producer. Born 9 March 1910 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 17 May 1951.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 9 March 1910, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 17 May 1951
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Sylvan_Simon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727256, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800373/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117773

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Born Yesterday*](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md) (76)

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## Biography

S. Sylvan Simon was an American film director and producer. Born in Chicago, he earned bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Michigan and attended Columbia Law School before entering the film industry.

He began his career at Warner Bros. in 1935 directing screen tests, later moving to Universal and MGM, where he directed comedies including *Whistling in the Dark* (1941), *Bad Bascomb* (1946) and *Lust for Gold* (1949). As a producer he is credited on *Born Yesterday* (1950), which received five Academy Award nominations. Simon died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California, in 1951 at the age of 41.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Born Yesterday* (1950), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *That's Entertainment, Part II* (1976), Thanks
- *Born Yesterday* (1950), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md)
- *The Fuller Brush Girl* (1950), Producer
- *The Good Humor Man* (1950), Producer
- *Father Is a Bachelor* (1950), Producer
- *Miss Grant Takes Richmond* (1949), Producer
- *Lust for Gold* (1949), Director, Producer
- *Shockproof* (1949), Producer
- *The Fuller Brush Man* (1948), Director, Producer
- *I Love Trouble* (1948), Director, Producer
- *Her Husband's Affairs* (1947), Director
- *The Cockeyed Miracle* (1946), Director
- *The Thrill of Brazil* (1946), Director
- *Bad Bascomb* (1946), Director
- *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood* (1945), Director, Producer
- *Son of Lassie* (1945), Director
- *Song of the Open Road* (1944), Director
- *Whistling in Brooklyn* (1943), Director
- *Salute to the Marines* (1943), Director
- *Whistling in Dixie* (1942), Director
- *Tish* (1942), Director
- *Grand Central Murder* (1942), Director
- *Rio Rita* (1942), Director
- *The Bugle Sounds* (1942), Director
- *Whistling in the Dark* (1941), Director
- *Washington Melodrama* (1941), Director
- *Keeping Company* (1940), Director
- *Dulcy* (1940), Director
- *Sporting Blood* (1940), Director
- *Two Girls on Broadway* (1940), Director
- *Dancing Co-Ed* (1939), Director
- *These Glamour Girls* (1939), Director
- *The Kid From Texas* (1939), Director
- *Four Girls in White* (1939), Director
- *Spring Madness* (1938), Director
- *The Road to Reno* (1938), Director
- *The Nurse from Brooklyn* (1938), Director
- *The Crime of Doctor Hallet* (1938), Director
- *Prescription for Romance* (1937), Director
- *A Girl with Ideas* (1937), Director

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