George Sidney

Directing·Oct 4, 1916·Long Island City, New York, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Filmmakers in Action2006 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Rita2003 · Self	Self
The Republic Pictures Story1991 · Self	Self
Half a Sixpence1967 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Swinger1966 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Viva Las Vegas1964 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
A Ticklish Affair1963 · Director	Director
Bye Bye Birdie1963 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Pepe1960 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Who Was That Lady?1960 · Director	Director
Pal Joey1957 · Director	Director
Jeanne Eagels1957 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Eddy Duchin Story1956 · Director	Director
Jupiter's Darling1955 · Director	Director
Kiss Me Kate1953 · Director	Director
Young Bess1953 · Director	Director
Scaramouche1952 · Director	Director
Show Boat1951 · Director	Director
Annie Get Your Gun1950 · Director	Director
Key to the City1950 · Director	Director
The Red Danube1949 · Director	Director
The Three Musketeers1948 · Director	Director
Cass Timberlane1947 · Director	Director
Holiday in Mexico1946 · Director	Director
The Harvey Girls1946 · Director	Director
Ziegfeld Follies1945 · Director	Director
Anchors Aweigh1945 · Director	Director
Bathing Beauty1944 · Director	Director
Thousands Cheer1943 · Director	Director
Pilot #51943 · Director	Director
Pacific Rendezvous1942 · Director	Director
Flicker Memories1941 · Director	Director
Of Pups and Puzzles1941 · Director	Director
Willie and the Mouse1941 · Director	Director
Third Dimensional Murder1941 · Director	Director
Free and Easy1941 · Director	Director
Quicker'n a Wink1940 · Director	Director
''What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two1940 · Director	Director
Dog Daze1939 · Director	Director
Hollywood Hobbies1939 · Director	Director
Cousin Wilbur1939 · Director	Director
Clown Princes1939 · Director	Director
Love on Tap1939 · Director	Director
DDuel Personalities1939 · Director	Director
Tiny Troubles1939 · Director	Director
LLoews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)1939 · Director	Director
Alfalfa's Aunt1939 · Director	Director
PPractical Jokers1938 · Director	Director