- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 4, 1916
- Place of Birth
- Long Island City, New York, USA
- Died
- May 5, 2002
George Sidney
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 Vi…
Filmography
movieFilmmakers in Action
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieRita
2003 · Self
tvE! True Hollywood Story
1996
movieThe Republic Pictures Story
1991 · Self
movieHalf a Sixpence
1967 · Director, Producer
movieThe Swinger
1966 · Director, Producer
movieViva Las Vegas
1964 · Producer, Director
movieA Ticklish Affair
1963 · Director
movieBye Bye Birdie
1963 · Director, Producer
moviePepe
1960 · Director, Producer
movieWho Was That Lady?
1960 · Director
tvThe Donna Reed Show
1958
moviePal Joey
1957 · Director
movieJeanne Eagels
1957 · Director, Producer
movieThe Eddy Duchin Story
1956 · Director
movieJupiter's Darling
1955 · Director
movieKiss Me Kate
1953 · Director
movieYoung Bess
1953 · Director
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Producer
movieScaramouche
1952 · Director
movieShow Boat
1951 · Director
movieAnnie Get Your Gun
1950 · Director
movieKey to the City
1950 · Director
movieThe Red Danube
1949 · Director
movieThe Three Musketeers
1948 · Director
movieCass Timberlane
1947 · Director
movieHoliday in Mexico
1946 · Director
movieThe Harvey Girls
1946 · Director
movieZiegfeld Follies
1945 · Director
movieAnchors Aweigh
1945 · Director
movieBathing Beauty
1944 · Director
movieThousands Cheer
1943 · Director
moviePilot #5
1943 · Director
moviePacific Rendezvous
1942 · Director
movieFlicker Memories
1941 · Director
movieOf Pups and Puzzles
1941 · Director
movieWillie and the Mouse
1941 · Director
movieThird Dimensional Murder
1941 · Director
movieFree and Easy
1941 · Director
movieQuicker'n a Wink
1940 · Director
'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two
movie'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two
1940 · Director
movieDog Daze
1939 · Director
movieHollywood Hobbies
1939 · Director
movieCousin Wilbur
1939 · Director
movieClown Princes
1939 · Director
movieLove on Tap
1939 · Director
Duel Personalities
movieDuel Personalities
1939 · Director
movieTiny Troubles
1939 · Director
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
movieLoews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
1939 · Director
movieAlfalfa's Aunt
1939 · Director
Practical Jokers
moviePractical Jokers
1938 · Director
Football Romeo
movieFootball Romeo
1938 · Director
Men in Fright
movieMen in Fright
1938 · Director
movieParty Fever
1938 · Director
movieBilly Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
1938 · Director
movieSunday Night at the Trocadero
1937 · Director
moviePacific Paradise
1937 · Director