George Sidney
52 movies · 3 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Oct 4, 1916
- Died
- May 5, 2002 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Long Island City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Джордж Сидни
Biography
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George Sidney (October 4, 1916 – May 5, 2002) was an American film director and film producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Sidney was assigned to direct the Our Gang comedies in 1938. After a year of working on these shorts, he moved on to the Crime Does Not Pay series and popular Pete Smith specialties. He graduated to directing features in 1941. He then worked his way into directing large scale musicals such as The Harvey Girls (1946), The Three Musketeers (1948), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), and Kiss Me Kate (1953).
Sidney left MGM to make The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) at Columbia Pictures, where he made his base for the next decade for such films as Jeanne Eagels (1957), Pal Joey (1957), Who Was That Lady? (1960), Pepe (1960), and Bye Bye Birdie (1963). He would return to MGM to film A Ticklish Affair (1963) and Elvis Presley's Viva Las Vegas (1964). His last film was Half a Sixpence (1967).
Sidney was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award four times, starting with the lush Technicolor remake of Show Boat. In 1958 he was presented with a Golden Globe Award for Best World Entertainment through Musical Films.
For his work in the art of cinema, George Sidney was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Known for
George Sidney: movies and TV shows
Acting (2)
- 1996
- 1958
Behind the camera (53)
- 1976
- 1967 Half a Sixpence
Director, Producer
- 1966 The Swinger
Director, Producer
- 1964 Viva Las Vegas
Producer, Director
- 1963 A Ticklish Affair
Director
- 1963 Bye Bye Birdie
Director, Producer
- 1960 Pepe
Director, Producer
- 1960 Who Was That Lady?
Director
- 1957 Pal Joey
Director
- 1957 Jeanne Eagels
Director, Producer
- 1956 The Eddy Duchin Story
Director
- 1955 Jupiter's Darling
Director
- 1953 Kiss Me Kate
Director
- 1953 Young Bess
Director
- 1953
- 1952 Scaramouche
Director
- 1951 Show Boat
Director
- 1950 Annie Get Your Gun
Director
- 1950 Key to the City
Director
- 1949 The Red Danube
Director
- 1948 The Three Musketeers
Director
- 1947 Cass Timberlane
Director
- 1946 Holiday in Mexico
Director
- 1946 The Harvey Girls
Director
- 1945 Ziegfeld Follies
Director
- 1945 Anchors Aweigh
Director
- 1944 Bathing Beauty
Director
- 1943 Thousands Cheer
Director
- 1943 Pilot #5
Director
- 1942 Pacific Rendezvous
Director
- 1941 Flicker Memories
Director
- 1941 Of Pups and Puzzles
Director
- 1941 Willie and the Mouse
Director
- 1941 Third Dimensional Murder
Director
- 1941 Free and Easy
Director
- 1940 Quicker'n a Wink
Director
- 1940 'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two
Director
- 1939 Dog Daze
Director
- 1939 Hollywood Hobbies
Director
- 1939 Cousin Wilbur
Director
- 1939 Clown Princes
Director
- 1939 Love on Tap
Director
- 1939 Duel Personalities
Director
- 1939 Tiny Troubles
Director
- 1939
- 1939 Alfalfa's Aunt
Director
- 1938 Practical Jokers
Director
- 1938 Football Romeo
Director
- 1938 Men in Fright
Director
- 1938 Party Fever
Director
- 1938 Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
Director
- 1937 Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Director
- 1937 Pacific Paradise
Director
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 2006
- 2003
- 1991