AKA: Sidney Robert Buchman
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 03/27/1902
Birthplace: Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Death Date: 08/23/1975
Screenwriter at Columbia who did sparkling work for directors including Frank Capra, Leo McCarey, George Cukor and Joseph Mankiewicz. Buchman had begun a successful climb up the studio's corporate ladder when, in 1951, he was called to testify before HUAC. He admitted to having once been a member of the Communist Party but refused to "name names" and was blacklisted. Buchman moved to France in the 1960s.
Worked as assistant stage director to Robert Artkins at the Old Vic Theatre in London for one year
Wrote plays in New York including "The One Man", "Storm Song", "Actute Triangle"
1927
Debut as story writer, "Matinee Ladies"
1931
Signed three-year writing contract with Paramount
1931
Wrote first screenplay, "If I Had a Millon"
