Simon, S. Sylvan 1910-1951
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- Director S. Sylvan Simon worked as a drama coach, radio executive and stage director before joining Warner Brothers in 1935. He then moved to MGM as director and assistant director in 1937 ( (IMDB profile, viewed 31 December 2020:) )
- Int'l film necrology, 1981(Simon, S. Sylvan; b. Mar. 9, 1910, Chicago, Ill.; d. May 17, 1951; director & actor)
- OCLC, 2-7-97(hdg.: Simon, Samuel Sylvan, 1910-)
- Song of the open road [MP] 1944:credits (directed by S. Sylvan Simon)
- S. Sylvan Simon (March 9, 1910 - May 17, 1951) was an American stage/film director and producer. He began his film career at Warner Bros. in 1935, directing screen tests. In 1937, Simon moved to MGM, where he worked on the Marx Brothers' The Big Store, supervising many of the slapstick sequences. He directed Red Skelton's first starring feature, 1941's Whistling in the Dark, and later worked on two more Skelton vehicles, A Southern Yankee and The Fuller Brush Man, in 1948. Simon also directed Wallace Beery in Bad Bascomb (1946), and a Glenn Ford western, Lust for Gold (1949). ( (נצפה בויקיפדיה, 26.2.2019:) )
- Lassie : triple feature. Directed by S. Sylvan Simon