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George Sidney
Long Island City, New York, USA
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.…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2006
Filmmakers in Action
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2003
Rita
Movie Self
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1996
E! True Hollywood Story
TV show
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1991
The Republic Pictures Story
Movie Self
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1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie Thanks
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1967
Half a Sixpence
Movie Director
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1966
The Swinger
Movie Director
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1964
Viva Las Vegas
Movie Producer
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1963
A Ticklish Affair
Movie Director
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1963
Bye Bye Birdie
Movie Director
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1960
Pepe
Movie Director
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1960
Who Was That Lady?
Movie Director
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1958
The Donna Reed Show
TV show
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1957
Pal Joey
Movie Director
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1957
Jeanne Eagels
Movie Director
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1956
The Eddy Duchin Story
Movie Director
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1955
Jupiter's Darling
Movie Director
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1953
Kiss Me Kate
Movie Director
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1953
Young Bess
Movie Director
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Producer
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1952
Scaramouche
Movie Director
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1951
Show Boat
Movie Director
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1950
Annie Get Your Gun
Movie Director
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1950
Key to the City
Movie Director
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1949
The Red Danube
Movie Director
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1948
The Three Musketeers
Movie Director
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1947
Cass Timberlane
Movie Director
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1946
Holiday in Mexico
Movie Director
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1946
The Harvey Girls
Movie Director
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1945
Ziegfeld Follies
Movie Director
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1945
Anchors Aweigh
Movie Director
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1944
Bathing Beauty
Movie Director
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1943
Thousands Cheer
Movie Director
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1943
Pilot #5
Movie Director
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1942
Pacific Rendezvous
Movie Director
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1941
Flicker Memories
Movie Director
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1941
Of Pups and Puzzles
Movie Director
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1941
Willie and the Mouse
Movie Director
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1941
Third Dimensional Murder
Movie Director
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1941
Free and Easy
Movie Director
