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Sidney Lanfield
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Director Born: April 20, 1898 in Chicago, IL Death: June 30, 1972 in Marina del Rey, CA Biography:From his first gagman job at the Fox Studios in 1926 to his last TV work in the 1960s, director "Sidney Lanfield" was one of Hollywood's premiere comedy men. A onetime musician, Lanfield earned his first directorial credit for the 1930 Fox programmer "Cheer Up and Smile", remaining at the studio through its matriculation into 20th Century-Fox (among his many accomplishments at Fox, it was Lanfield who brought the "Ritz Brothers" to the studio, transforming an essentially "live" act into a major movie attraction). After megging the 1941 "Fred Astaire" vehicle "You'll Never Get Rich" at Columbia, Lanfield set up shop at Paramount, where among many other projects he guided "Bob Hope" through the comic complications of "My Favorite Blonde" (1942), "Let's Face It" (1943), "Where There's Life" (1947), and "The Lemon Drop Kid" (1951). Reportedly, Hope had originally balked at working with Lanfield because of... Full Biography
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