About

Known credits:
61
Birthday:
1916-10-04
Place of birth:
Long Island City, New York, USA
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George Sidney

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

George Sidney (October 4, 1916 – May 5, 2002) was an American film director and film producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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.

Known for

Acting
2006 Filmmakers in Action Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2003 Rita Actor Self 59
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1991 The Republic Pictures Story Actor Self N/A
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Directing
1967 Half a Sixpence Directing Director 58
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1966 The Swinger Directing Director 58
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1964 Viva Las Vegas Directing Director 59
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1963 A Ticklish Affair Directing Director 58
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1963 Bye Bye Birdie Directing Director 58
Average
1960 Pepe Directing Director 59
Average
1960 Who Was That Lady? Directing Director 59
Average
1957 Pal Joey Directing Director 59
Average
1957 Jeanne Eagels Directing Director 59
Average
1956 The Eddy Duchin Story Directing Director 59
Average
1955 Jupiter's Darling Directing Director 58
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1953 Kiss Me Kate Directing Director 59
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1953 Young Bess Directing Director 58
Average
1952 Scaramouche Directing Director 60
Fair
1951 Show Boat Directing Director 58
Average
1950 Annie Get Your Gun Directing Director 60
Fair
1950 Key to the City Directing Director 58
Average
1949 The Red Danube Directing Director 58
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1948 The Three Musketeers Directing Director 60
Fair
1947 Cass Timberlane Directing Director 58
Average
1946 Holiday in Mexico Directing Director 58
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1946 The Harvey Girls Directing Director 59
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1945 Ziegfeld Follies Directing Director 59
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1945 Anchors Aweigh Directing Director 61
Fair
1944 Bathing Beauty Directing Director 58
Average
1943 Thousands Cheer Directing Director 59
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1943 Pilot #5 Directing Director 59
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1942 Pacific Rendezvous Directing Director 59
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1941 Flicker Memories Directing Director 59
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1941 Of Pups and Puzzles Directing Director 59
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1941 Willie and the Mouse Directing Director N/A
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1941 Third Dimensional Murder Directing Director N/A
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1941 Free and Easy Directing Director 58
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1940 Quicker'n a Wink Directing Director 59
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1940 'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two Directing Director N/A
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1939 Dog Daze Directing Director 58
Average
1939 Hollywood Hobbies Directing Director 58
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1939 Cousin Wilbur Directing Director 59
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1939 Clown Princes Directing Director 58
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1939 Love on Tap Directing Director 58
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1939 Duel Personalities Directing Director 58
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1939 Tiny Troubles Directing Director 58
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1939 Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) Directing Director 59
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1939 Alfalfa's Aunt Directing Director 59
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1938 Practical Jokers Directing Director 59
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1938 Football Romeo Directing Director 59
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1938 Men in Fright Directing Director 58
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1938 Party Fever Directing Director 59
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1938 Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue Directing Director 59
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1937 Sunday Night at the Trocadero Directing Director 58
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1937 Pacific Paradise Directing Director N/A
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Production
1967 Half a Sixpence Production Producer 58
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1966 The Swinger Production Producer 58
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1964 Viva Las Vegas Production Producer 59
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1963 Bye Bye Birdie Production Producer 58
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1960 Pepe Production Producer 59
Average
1957 Jeanne Eagels Production Producer 59
Average
1936 Every Sunday Production Producer 58
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