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George Sidney

Born October 4, 1916 in Long Island City, New York, USADied May 5, 200251 films

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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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Anchors Aweigh poster6.8Anchors Aweigh1945The Three Musketeers poster6.8The Three Musketeers1948Viva Las Vegas poster6.1Viva Las Vegas1964Kiss Me Kate poster6.5Kiss Me Kate1953Annie Get Your Gun poster6.7Annie Get Your Gun1950Bye Bye Birdie poster5.9Bye Bye Birdie1963Pal Joey poster6.3Pal Joey1957Show Boat poster6.2Show Boat1951

Filmography

51 films as director
  1. 1967Half a SixpenceDirector
  2. 1966The SwingerDirector
  3. 1964Viva Las VegasDirector
  4. 1963A Ticklish AffairDirector
  5. 1963Bye Bye BirdieDirector
  6. 1960PepeDirector
  7. 1960Who Was That Lady?Director
  8. 1957Pal JoeyDirector
  9. 1957Jeanne EagelsDirector
  10. 1956The Eddy Duchin StoryDirector
  11. 1955Jupiter's DarlingDirector
  12. 1953Kiss Me KateDirector
  13. 1953Young BessDirector
  14. 1952ScaramoucheDirector
  15. 1951Show BoatDirector
  16. 1950Annie Get Your GunDirector
  17. 1950Key to the CityDirector
  18. 1949The Red DanubeDirector
  19. 1948The Three MusketeersDirector
  20. 1947Cass TimberlaneDirector
  21. 1946Holiday in MexicoDirector
  22. 1946The Harvey GirlsDirector
  23. 1945Ziegfeld FolliesDirector
  24. 1945Anchors AweighDirector
  25. 1944Bathing BeautyDirector
  26. 1943Thousands CheerDirector
  27. 1943Pilot #5Director
  28. 1942Pacific RendezvousDirector
  29. 1941Flicker MemoriesDirector
  30. 1941Of Pups and PuzzlesDirector
  31. 1941Willie and the MouseDirector
  32. 1941Third Dimensional MurderDirector
  33. 1941Free and EasyDirector
  34. 1940Quicker'n a WinkDirector
  35. 1940'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number TwoDirector
  36. 1939Dog DazeDirector
  37. 1939Hollywood HobbiesDirector
  38. 1939Cousin WilburDirector
  39. 1939Clown PrincesDirector
  40. 1939Love on TapDirector
  41. 1939Duel PersonalitiesDirector
  42. 1939Tiny TroublesDirector
  43. 1939Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)Director
  44. 1939Alfalfa's AuntDirector
  45. 1938Practical JokersDirector
  46. 1938Football RomeoDirector
  47. 1938Men in FrightDirector
  48. 1938Party FeverDirector
  49. 1938Billy Rose's Casa Mañana RevueDirector
  50. 1937Sunday Night at the TrocaderoDirector
  51. 1937Pacific ParadiseDirector