George Sidney
Directing
Born 1916-10-04
Died 2002-05-05
Long Island City, New York, USA
58 credits
Read biography
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.
Not enough member ratings yet.
Sign in to rate.
Filmography
The Donna Reed Show
The Oscars
Filmmakers in Action
Bye Bye Birdie
Bathing Beauty
The Three Musketeers
Scaramouche
E! True Hollywood Story
Viva Las Vegas
Show Boat
Anchors Aweigh
Kiss Me Kate
Pal Joey
The Harvey Girls
That's Entertainment, Part II
Rita
Cass Timberlane
Pacific Paradise
The Eddy Duchin Story
Ziegfeld Follies
Pepe
Annie Get Your Gun
Who Was That Lady?
Jupiter's Darling
A Ticklish Affair
Jeanne Eagels
Alfalfa's Aunt
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Half a Sixpence
Young Bess
The Swinger
Flicker Memories
Key to the City
The Red Danube
Thousands Cheer
Love on Tap
Pilot #5
Hollywood Hobbies
Holiday in Mexico
The Republic Pictures Story
Dog Daze
Free and Easy
Quicker'n a Wink
Pacific Rendezvous
Clown Princes
Men in Fright
Cousin Wilbur
Of Pups and Puzzles
Willie and the Mouse
Tiny Troubles
Third Dimensional Murder
Football Romeo
Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
Party Fever
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Duel Personalities
'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two
Practical Jokers
Track what you watch
DuckTrack members see which of these they have already watched,
right here on this page.
Create a free account
Comments
0 commentsNo comments yet. Sign in to be the first.