George Sidney
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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.
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.
Fotos
Películas (55)
Filmmakers in Action
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Rita
2003 · Self
The Republic Pictures Story
1991 · Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · Thanks
Half a Sixpence
1967 · Director, Producer
The Swinger
1966 · Director, Producer
Viva Las Vegas
1964 · Director, Producer
A Ticklish Affair
1963 · Director
Bye Bye Birdie
1963 · Director, Producer
Pepe
1960 · Director, Producer
Who Was That Lady?
1960 · Director
Pal Joey
1957 · Director
Jeanne Eagels
1957 · Director, Producer
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956 · Director
Jupiter's Darling
1955 · Director
Kiss Me Kate
1953 · Director
Young Bess
1953 · Director
Scaramouche
1952 · Director
Show Boat
1951 · Director
Annie Get Your Gun
1950 · Director
Key to the City
1950 · Director
The Red Danube
1949 · Director
The Three Musketeers
1948 · Director
Cass Timberlane
1947 · Director
Holiday in Mexico
1946 · Director
The Harvey Girls
1946 · Director
Ziegfeld Follies
1945 · Director
Anchors Aweigh
1945 · Director
Bathing Beauty
1944 · Director
Thousands Cheer
1943 · Director
Pilot #5
1943 · Director
Pacific Rendezvous
1942 · Director
Flicker Memories
1941 · Director
Of Pups and Puzzles
1941 · Director
Willie and the Mouse
1941 · Director
Third Dimensional Murder
1941 · Director
Free and Easy
1941 · Director
Quicker'n a Wink
1940 · Director
'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two
1940 · Director
Dog Daze
1939 · Director
Hollywood Hobbies
1939 · Director
Cousin Wilbur
1939 · Director
Clown Princes
1939 · Director
Love on Tap
1939 · Director
Duel Personalities
1939 · Director
Tiny Troubles
1939 · Director
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
1939 · Director
Alfalfa's Aunt
1939 · Director
Practical Jokers
1938 · Director
Football Romeo
1938 · Director
Men in Fright
1938 · Director
Party Fever
1938 · Director
Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
1938 · Director
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937 · Director
Pacific Paradise
1937 · Director
