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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...
Known for
The Donna Reed ShowSeries • 1958
The OscarsSeries • 1953
The Three MusketeersMovie • 1948
ScaramoucheMovie • 1952
E! True Hollywood StorySeries • 1996
Bathing BeautyMovie • 1944
The Eddy Duchin StoryMovie • 1956
Viva Las VegasMovie • 1964
Annie Get Your GunMovie • 1950
Bye Bye BirdieMovie • 1963
Show BoatMovie • 1951
Anchors AweighMovie • 1945
Kiss Me KateMovie • 1953
Who Was That Lady?Movie • 1960
That's Entertainment, Part IIMovie • 1976
The Harvey GirlsMovie • 1946
Ziegfeld FolliesMovie • 1945
Pal JoeyMovie • 1957
PepeMovie • 1960
Young BessMovie • 1953
Thousands CheerMovie • 1943