S. Sylvan Simon

Directing

S. Sylvan Simon

Born — Died

1910-03-09 — 1951-05-17

Place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Lust for Gold poster
6.0

A man determined to track down the fabled Arizona gold mine known as The Lost Dutchman has an affair with a married treasure hunter, whose pursuit of the mine has lead her to double-cross her husband.

Lust for Gold

1949

Lust for Gold poster
6.0

A man determined to track down the fabled Arizona gold mine known as The Lost Dutchman has an affair with a married treasure hunter, whose pursuit of the mine has lead her to double-cross her husband.

Lust for Gold

1949

Born Yesterday poster
7.3

Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.

Born Yesterday

1950

The Fuller Brush Girl poster
6.1

A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.

The Fuller Brush Girl

1950

Shockproof poster
6.3

Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for his ailing mother.

Shockproof

1949

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood poster
5.8

When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

1945

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood poster
5.8

When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

1945

Grand Central Murder poster
5.7

Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.

Grand Central Murder

1942

Rio Rita poster
6.0

Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.

Rio Rita

1942

Whistling in Brooklyn poster
7.0

Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.

Whistling in Brooklyn

1943

The Thrill of Brazil poster
6.2

Steve, revue producer in Rio de Janeiro, is still in love with his ex-wife Vicki, his star Linda is in love with Steve and Tito is in love with Linda. Because of this they all get small problems.

The Thrill of Brazil

1946

I Love Trouble poster
6.5

A wealthy man hires a private detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.

I Love Trouble

1948

I Love Trouble poster
6.5

A wealthy man hires a private detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.

I Love Trouble

1948

Whistling in the Dark poster
6.0

Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.

Whistling in the Dark

1941

The Fuller Brush Man poster
6.4

Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward attempts at sales are further complicated when one of his customers is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect.

The Fuller Brush Man

1948

The Fuller Brush Man poster
6.4

Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward attempts at sales are further complicated when one of his customers is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect.

The Fuller Brush Man

1948

Salute to the Marines poster
7.2

It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first by strangling a Nazi agent, and then dying in his dress blues uniform while blowing up a bridge.

Salute to the Marines

1943

Father Is a Bachelor poster
7.4

Johnny Rutledge is a drifter who comes to and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids: January, February, March, April, and May are living without parents. Their parents died a while ago, and they want to keep that secret from the townspeople, especially the young school teacher, Prudence Millett, to avoid being sent to a children's home and eventual separation. Johnny moves in with the kids and poses as their uncle to take care of them while romancing Prudence. But in order to keep the children, he has to get married.

Father Is a Bachelor

1950

Two Girls on Broadway poster
7.0

Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly Mahoney who brings her younger sister Pat. Upon seeing Molly and Pat dance, the producer picks Pat for the show and gives Molly a job selling cigarettes. A wealthy friend of the producer named "Chat" Chatsworth also has his eye on Pat. Pat is teamed with Eddie in the specialty number as Kerns and Mahoney. Pat and Eddie soon realize that they are in love and must tell Molly. Pat balks at hurting Molly and goes out with Chat who already has five ex-wives. Remake of The Broadway Melody (1929).

Two Girls on Broadway

1940

The Road to Reno poster
3.8

An opera singer travels to Reno to divorce her rancher husband.

The Road to Reno

1938

Miss Grant Takes Richmond poster
5.6

A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

1949

Four Girls in White poster
7.2

Four student nurses at a large urban hospital cope with life's problems and career issues.

Four Girls in White

1939

Son of Lassie poster
6.2

Laddie (Son of Lassie) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his mothers famous courage?

Son of Lassie

1945

Bad Bascomb poster
7.3

A western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.

Bad Bascomb

1946

The Good Humor Man poster
6.3

Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an insurance investigator. Margie won't marry Biff, though, because she is the sole support of her kid brother, Johnny. Biff gets involved with Bonnie, a young woman he tries to rescue from gangsters. But Biff's attempts to help her only get him accused of murder. When the police refuse to believe his story, it's up to Biff and Johnny to prove Biff's innocence and solve the crime.

The Good Humor Man

1950

Song of the Open Road poster
7.0

A beautiful child star tires of life in the spotlight and so disguises herself and sneaks off to join a Civilian Conservation Corps camp to work with normal kids. It doesn't take her long to discover that being "normal" isn't easy as it looks. When a crop is in danger of being ruined because there are not enough people to harvest it, the girl employs some of her famous colleagues to lend a hand. Songs include: "Too Much in Love," "Here It Is Monday," "Delightfully Dangerous," "Hawaiian War Chant" and "Notre Dame."

Song of the Open Road

1944

The Cockeyed Miracle poster
7.5

A 60-ish Maine shipbuilder (Frank Morgan) and his 30-ish father (Keenan Wynn) provide for their family from the hereafter.

The Cockeyed Miracle

1946

Her Husband's Affairs poster
5.6

Bill Weldon is an Ad man who craves his wife Margaret's approval of his work, instead he gets constructive (and on-target) feedback, which he hates. Things get really strange when Bill creates advertising for a wacky inventor's embalming fluid.

Her Husband's Affairs

1947

The Kid From Texas poster
7.0

A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.

The Kid From Texas

1939

Keeping Company poster
6.7

Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.

Keeping Company

1940

The Crime of Doctor Hallet poster
10.0

Doctor in jungle works on cure for fever.

The Crime of Doctor Hallet

1938

Washington Melodrama poster
6.0

An elderly businessman plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved in a showgirl's murder.

Washington Melodrama

1941

A Girl with Ideas poster
9.0

A rich banker's zany daughter gains control of a large newspaper.

A Girl with Ideas

1937

The Bugle Sounds poster
6.8

An old-time cavalry sergeant's resistance to change could cost him his post.

The Bugle Sounds

1942

The Nurse from Brooklyn poster
6.5

A nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of shooting the man knows that he didn't do it, and sets out to find the real killer and clear his own name.

The Nurse from Brooklyn

1938

Dulcy poster
6.4

A dizzy young woman aranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend's vacation into a chance meeting with a possible investor who happens to be her brother's future father-in-law. And Wacky stuff happens.

Dulcy

1940

Prescription for Romance poster
9.0

In this romance, a detective teams up with a count and travels to Budapest in search of an embezzler. While there, the two get involved with a female physician in whose house the criminal is concealed (the doctor doesn't know this). Soon the detective and the doctor are involved.

Prescription for Romance

1937

Sporting Blood poster
4.2

Myles Vanders feuds with hardnosed stable owner Davis Lockwood. Myles takes revenge by romancing and marrying Lockwood's daughter Linda. But as the big race looms nearer, Myles is distracted to discover that he really loves Linda.

Sporting Blood

1940

These Glamour Girls poster
5.9

A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.

These Glamour Girls

1939

Dancing Co-Ed poster
6.5

After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.

Dancing Co-Ed

1939