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Alias:
Джордж Сидни
Birthplace:
Long Island City, New York, USA
Born:
October 4, 1916
Died:
May 5, 2002
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.
Director:
1937 Pacific Paradise
1937 Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1938 Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
1938 Football Romeo
1938 Men in Fright
1938 Party Fever
1938 Practical Jokers
1939 Alfalfa's Aunt
1939 Clown Princes
1939 Cousin Wilbur
1939 Dog Daze
1939 Duel Personalities
1939 Hollywood Hobbies
1939 Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
1939 Love on Tap
1939 Tiny Troubles
1940 'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two
1940 Quicker'n a Wink
1941 Flicker Memories
1941 Free and Easy
1941 Of Pups and Puzzles
1941 Third Dimensional Murder
1941 Willie and the Mouse
1942 Pacific Rendezvous
1943 Pilot #5
1943 Thousands Cheer
1944 Bathing Beauty
1945 Anchors Aweigh
1945 Ziegfeld Follies
1946 Holiday in Mexico
1946 The Harvey Girls
1947 Cass Timberlane
1948 The Three Musketeers
1949 The Red Danube
1950 Annie Get Your Gun
1950 Key to the City
1951 Show Boat
1952 Scaramouche
1953 Kiss Me Kate
1953 Young Bess
1955 Jupiter's Darling
1956 The Eddy Duchin Story
1957 Jeanne Eagels
1957 Pal Joey
1960 Pepe
1960 Who Was That Lady?
1963 A Ticklish Affair
1963 Bye Bye Birdie
1964 Viva Las Vegas
1966 The Swinger
1967 Half a Sixpence
Producer:
1936 Every Sunday
1937 Pacific Paradise
1937 Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1938 Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
1938 Football Romeo
1938 Men in Fright
1938 Party Fever
1938 Practical Jokers
1939 Alfalfa's Aunt
1939 Clown Princes
1939 Cousin Wilbur
1939 Dog Daze
1939 Duel Personalities
1939 Hollywood Hobbies
1939 Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
1939 Love on Tap
1939 Tiny Troubles
1940 'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two
1940 Quicker'n a Wink
1941 Flicker Memories
1941 Free and Easy
1941 Of Pups and Puzzles
1941 Third Dimensional Murder
1941 Willie and the Mouse
1942 Pacific Rendezvous
1943 Pilot #5
1943 Thousands Cheer
1944 Bathing Beauty
1945 Anchors Aweigh
1945 Ziegfeld Follies
1946 Holiday in Mexico
1946 The Harvey Girls
1947 Cass Timberlane
1948 The Three Musketeers
1949 The Red Danube
1950 Annie Get Your Gun
1950 Key to the City
1951 Show Boat
1952 Scaramouche
1953 Kiss Me Kate
1953 Young Bess
1955 Jupiter's Darling
1956 The Eddy Duchin Story
1957 Jeanne Eagels
1957 Pal Joey
1960 Pepe
1960 Who Was That Lady?
1963 A Ticklish Affair
1963 Bye Bye Birdie
1964 Viva Las Vegas
1966 The Swinger
1967 Half a Sixpence
Producer:
1953 The Oscars
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