| Birth | Sidney Lewis Bernstein was born 30 January 1899 in Ilford, Essex, England. |
| INFO | SHIP LEAVING UK. Ship "Aquitania" Sidney Bernstein of 187 Walm Lane, London, engineer, age 22, 1st class to New York from Southampton. (PassLeavUK.) |
| INFO | SHIP ARRIVAL NEW YORK. S.S. Aquitainia arrival 10 June 1921 in New York from Southampton. Sidney Bernstein, 22, relative: Father Alex Bernstein 187 Walm Lane, London, never before in U.S; destination N.Y. Commodore Hoel, 2 month stay, height 5'11", pale complexion, dark hair, blue eyes. b. England Ilford. [additional columns not transcribed here.] (NYPassListsAnc.) |
| INFO | UK SHIP ARRIVAL. 13 July 1921. "Barengaria" arrival in Southampton from New York. Sidney Bernstein, age 22, engineer, intended permanent residence England. (UKInPassAnc.) |
| INFO | SHIP LEAVING UK. Ship "Olympic". Sidney Bernstein of 197 Wagdour St., London W.C., engineer, age 28, 1st class to New York from Southampton. (PassLeavUK.) |
| INFO | NEW YORK PASSENGER LIST. Ship Olympic arriving New York 24 May 1927 from Southampton. Sidney Lewis Bernstein, age 28, engineer. Relative: Mrs Jane Bernstein, 197, Walm Lane, London. Previously in U.S. 1921 in N.Y.. Going to N.Y. Plaza Hotel, 3 weeks. [remainder of columns not transcribed here]. (NYPassAnc.) |
| INFO | PASSENGER LIST LEAVING UK. Ship Majestic, departing Southampton 22 Oct 1930 for New York. Sidney Bernstein, 197, Wardour St. London W, theatrical occupation, age 46 [sic], residence England. (PassLeavUK0. |
| INFO | SHIP DEPARTURE FROM UK. Andalucia Star, departed London 28 Dec 1931 for Buenos Aires. First class passenger Sidney Bernstein of 46 Albemarle Street, London, W.1., Director, age 32, residence England. (PassLeavUK.) |
| INFO | SHIP DEPARTURE FROM UK. Ship "Sibajak" of Rotterdam Lloyd Royal Duch Mail line. First class passenger Sidney Lewis Bernstein of 46 Albermarle Street, London, W.1., Journalist, age 34, residence England, bound for Gibraltar. (PassLeavUK.) |
| INFO | SHIP DEPARTURE FROM UK. Ship "Ile de France" First class passenger Sidney Lewis Bernstein of 46 Albermarle Street, London, W.1.,Director, age 37, residence England, bound for New York. (PassLeavUK.) |
| INFO | NEW YORK PASSENGER LIST. Ship Ile de France arriving New York 18 Feb 1936 from Southampton. Sidney Lewis Bernstein, age 37, CoDirector.. Relative: Cecil G. Bernstein, 36 Golden Square, London W.1. Previously in U.S. 1932 ,5/4, in NYC. U.S. address c/o The General Legistar Corp. 1540 Broadway, NYC. At Plaza Hotel. To stay 6 mths. [remainder of columns not transcribed here]. (NYPassAnc.) |
| INFO | NEW YORK VISIT. Zoe Farmar arrived on the Queen Mary 1 June 1936 in New York from Southampton. The NY passenger list states she will visit her friend Sidney Bernstein at 1540 Broadway, NY, NY. (NYPassAnc.) |
| Marriage | He married Zoe Patricia Farmar, daughter of Egbert Farmar and Mary Breene, 26 November 1936 in London, England. |
| INFO | WEDDING in registry office, 26 Nov 1936, followed by "... lunch at the Grovener Hotel, before Sidney and Zoe caught a plane to Paris and the Ritz." (SidBernstBio p.106.) |
| INFO | NEWSPAPER INDEX -- MARRIAGE. Index entries (3) for the marriage of Sidney Lewis Bernstein and Zoe Farmar from British Newspaper Archive. 1) Bedfordshire Times and Independent 27 Nov 1936, p.7: " . . . Mr. Sidney Lewis Bernstein, Chairman of Bernstein Theatres Ltd., which controls the Granada Bedford, was married at Paddington Register Office on Thursday to Miss Zoe Farmar, a well-known journalist . . ." 2) Dundee Courier (Scotland) 27 Nov 1936 p.3 ". . . Magnate Weds. Sidney Lewis Bernstein, one of the wealthiest and most popular men in the British film industry and its most eligible bachelor was married at Paddington Register Office yesterday to Miss Zoe farmar, is chairman of Bernstein Theatres, Ltd." 3) Daily Herald, 27 Nov 1936, p.3, ". . .Bernstein . . .married yesterday to Miss Zoe Farmar, a Fleet-street journalist . .." (BrNewsArInd.) |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Marriage Bernstein, Sidney L. DecQ 1936 spouse: Farmar. Paddington 1a,170. (GBCivRegInd LDS6102897.) |
| INFO | BORDER CROSSING /PASSENGER ARRIVAL. 26 Oct 1945. Ship S.S. "Queen Elizabeth." Arrival in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from Southampton (22 Oct 1945) Sidney L. Bernstein, age 46, company director, b. Ilford Essex England, male, English race. Passport issued London 16 Oct 1945. Nearest relative: brother C. Bernstein, 36 Golden Sq. London, W.C; final destination: England v. N.Y; previously in US 1942, departed Nov 1942; U.S. address: Hotel St. Regis, N.Y. (BordCrossAnc) NOTE: many column headings are illegible on this passenger list. |
| INFO | ARRIVAL ON AIRCRAFT. American Overseas Airlines from London to New York, arr. 10 Jun 1946. Sidney Lewis Bernstein, 46, male, citizen of Great Britain. Destination: Calif. Hollywood Beverly Hills Hotel. occup: film producer, Grenada Theatres Ltd. Last permanent residence 40 Arlington House, Arlington St.,London, S.W. 1. Intended future permanent residence: U.S. California, Hollywood, Beverley Hills. Going to join wife: Zoe Bernstein, 10957 Bellagio ? Rd. Beverley Hills, Ca. Previouosly in U.S.Oct 1945 & Apr 1946 N.Y. Hotel St. Regis. To U.S. to discuss film production, to stay 59 days. [Some information on form not transcribed here.] (NYPassAnc.) |
| INFO | PASSENGER LIST UK ARRIVAL. Arrival in Southampton from New York. Queen Mary, 15 Jul 1946. #25 Bernstein Sidney, 1st class, age 47, UK address: 40 Arlington House, London, no profession, last permanent residence England, future residence England. #26 Zoe P. Bernstein, age 34, housewife. (UKInPassAnc.) |
| INFO | ARRIVAL BY AIR. On P.A.A. arr. New York 10 Dec 1946. Sidney Lewis Bernstein, age 47, citizen of Great Britain. U.S. destination N.Y.C. River House. Married, film director, residence 40 Arlington House, London SW-1. Nearest relative: wife Zoe Farmar, New Chronicle, London, England. Intended permanent residence: N.Y.C. River House. To join in U.S.: Quinton Reynolds, N.Y.C. River House. Previously in U.S. many visits. To Stay 6 mos. (USAtlPassAnc.) |
| INFO | TRANSATLANTIC PICTURES COMPANY. From Holywood Renegades Archive article "Transatlantic Pictures: The Independent Film company of Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein". "While still working off his Selznick contract, Alfred Hitchcock formed an independent company with an old associate of his, British distributor and exhibitor Sidney Bernstein. At the end of World War II, they founded Transatlantic Picutres to produce films intermittently in Holywood and London . . .. Unfortunately, after the disappointing returns from his two independent films, The Rope (1948) and Under Capricorn (1949), Hitchcock folded Transatlantic Pictures . . . (HollywReneAr.) |
| INFO | ARRIVAL ON AIRCRAFT. American Overseas Airlines from London to New York, arr. 12 May 1947, Sidney Lewis Bernstein, 48, male, citizen of Great Britain. Occup: film director. Last permanent residence 40 Arlington House, Picadilly, W.1. Intended future permanent residence: same. Not going to join relative or friend in U.S. Destination: N.Y. Hotel Gladstone. Previouosly in U.S. in N.Y. Mar 1947. To U.S.for business; to stay 3 mths. [Some information on form not transcribed here.] (NYPassAnc.) |
| Marriage | Sidney Lewis Bernstein married Sandra Alexandra Malone, daughter of Charlotte ...?..., 11 December 1954 in New York. |
| INFO | PASSENGER LIST. Arrival in Southampton from New York, 6 March 1958. R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth (owned by The Cunard Steam-ship Co.Ltd.) First class passengers from New York: Sandra Bernstein, f, b. 29 Mar 1923, married, U.K. address: Coppings Farm, Leigh, Kent, housewife, citizenship: Canada, resident of England, intended permanent residence England. Sidney Bernstein, male, b. 30 Jan 1899, married, address above, producer, citizenship U.K. England, resident of England, intended permanent residence England. (UKInPassAnc.) |
| INFO | PEERAGE. Reported in London Gazette: 14 Jun 1979. "The Queen has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday, to signify her intention of conferring Peerages of the United Kingdom for Life upon the undermentioned: Life Peers: To be Barons: Sidney Lewis Bernstein, Chairman, Granada Group Ltd." (Lon GazetteAr 14 Jun 1969 p.5961.) |
| INFO | PEERAGE. Made U.K. Life Peer. 3 July 1969. Baron Bernstein, of Leigh in the County of Kent. (PeerageCom.) |
| INFO | PEERAGE CONFERRED. Reported in The London Gazette, 4 July 1969. "The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of he Realm, bearing date the 3rd day of July 1979, to confer the dignity of a Baronyof the United Kingdom for life upon Sidney Lewis Bernstein, Esquire, by the na,e style and title of baron Bernstein, of Leigh in the County of Kent." (LonGazetteAr 4 Jul 1969 p.6971.) |
| INFO | FILM INSTITUTE. 1984. Sidney Bernstein named a fellow of the British Film Institute. (Wikipedia "Sidney Bernstein ...") |
| INFO | INTERVIEW. Times interview and profile of Lord Bernstein on his 85th birthday. Full text of the extensive Times article published 26 Jan 1984 reproduced on the Alfred Hitchcock Wiki. Title: Enter the bashful showman: Lord Bernstein. (AlfHitchWiki.) |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Death Feb 1993 Sidney Lewis (Lord) Bernsetin, Baron Bernstein of Leigh, birth: 30 Jan 1899. Westminster C6C:262. (GBCivRDeaAnc.) |
| Death | Sidney Lewis Bernstein died 5 February 1993 in London, England, at age 94. |
| INFO-5gen | OBITUARY. Lord Bernstein. The Times (London) Saturday 6 Feb 1993. "Sydney Bernstein was a complex personality whose life and career embodied several apparent contradictions. He was a committed socialist and a millionaire capitalist, a businessman who was also an intellectual. He combined a connoisseur's appreciation of fine art with an instinctive feel for mass taste. In public he was a brilliant showman, in private, often reserved and shy. Granada Television was the crowning achievement of a many-faceted career that had included building up a successful cinema chain, using film in wartime propaganda and making features with Alfred Hitchcock. Granada was the most adventurous of the early TV companies, the longest surviving and, after a shaky start, the most consistently profitable." ( a long, detailed obituary follows this introduction) "Bernstein's first marriage to a Daily Express journalist, Zoe Farmer, was dissolved. In 1954 he married Sandra Malone, a Canadian, who predeceased him. . . . ." (TimesLond 6 Feb 1993, p.17.) |
| INFO | DEATH OF BERNSTEIN. The Times [London] 6 Feb 1993, p.14. "Lord Grade was among those mourning the loss yesterday of his fellow pioneer in commercial television, Lord Bernstein. "He was a great, great friend -- we worked very closely together in the Fifties, when he had a franchise in Lancashire and I had one in London and the Midlands." he says. But their friendship was not always based on such an equal footing. "I had first met Sidney in 1930 when I was a dancer in one of the variety acts staged at one of his cinemas. In those days films were interspersed with cabaret acts. He was very friendly even then -- though of course it wasn't until I became a booking agent that we became really close." (TimesLondon.) |
| INFO | OBITUARY. The Independent, 6 Feb 1993. "Obituary: Lord Bernstein." Extensive biographical details. (Independent. ) |
| INFO-5gen | NEWSPAPER EULOGY. The Times (London) 9 Feb 1993 by long-time friend Bernard Levin. Mr. Levin remembers his friend and many good times with the Bernstein family over the years. Mentions wife Sandra, . . .[names deleted] . . .. (TimesLond 9 Feb 1993, p.16.) |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Death Feb 1993. Sidney Lewis (Lord) Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Leigh. birth 30 Jan 1899. Westminster C36C 2581C: 262. (EngDeaIndAnc.) |
| INFO | GRAVE LOCATION. Find A Grave Memorial # 6380675. Sidney Bernstein birth: Jan. 30,1899 death: Feb 5, 1993 Burial: Golders Green Crematorium, Golders Green, London Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England. Listed on website: findagrave.com. (FindAGrave.) |
| INFO | BIOGRAPHY. Oxford Index entry from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Sidney Lewis Bernstein (1899-1993). Extensive biography. Includes bibliography. (OxfordIndex.) |
| INFO | BIOGRAPHY from online databae MBC Media Archive (Museum of Broadcas Communications). "Bernstein, Sidney. British Media Executive." extensive biography with bibliography. (MusBroadComm.) |
| INFO | BIOGRAPHY from British Film Institute online database: screenonline.org. "Bernstein, Sidney (1899-1993)". Biography focusing on Bernstein's interest in film. (ScreenOnline.) |
| INFO | BIOGRAPHY from Wikipedia article: "Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein." --extensive biography. (Wikipedia "Sidney Bernstein.") |
| INFO | BIOGRAPHY from Teletronic; the Television History Site. "Sidney Bernstein, Granada's founding father." Extensive biography. (Teletronic.) |
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