George Sidney

George Sidney

1916-10-04 Long Island City, New York, USA 55 Credits

Biography

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), Th...

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Filmmakers in Action

Filmmakers in Action

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.8
Acting

What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect authors' copyright? What is their legal status in...

Rita

Rita

2003

as Self

8.5
Acting

Biography of 1940's sex goddess Rita Hayworth.

The Republic Pictures Story

The Republic Pictures Story

1991

as Self

Acting

A history of Republic Pictures studios, featuring hundreds of clips plus on-camera interviews with stars, director, stuntman, etc.

Half a Sixpence

Half a Sixpence

1967

Director, Producer

6.0
Directing Producing

"If I had the money, I'd buy me a banjo!" says struggling sales clerk Arthur Kipps. Soon he'll inherit enough to buy a whole bloomin' orchestra. But c...

The Swinger

The Swinger

1966

Director, Producer

5.5
Directing Producing

An authoress writes a steaming sex-novel and proceeds to live out her heroine's adventures.

Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas

1964

Producer, Director

6.2
Producing Directing

Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets...

A Ticklish Affair

A Ticklish Affair

1963

Director

5.7
Directing

A young widow Amy Martin with three young boys is investigated by the Navy after one of her children inadvertently sends out a distress signal in Mors...

Bye Bye Birdie

Bye Bye Birdie

1963

Director, Producer

5.8
Directing Producing

A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.

Pepe

Pepe

1960

Director, Producer

6.2
Directing Producing

Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. ...

Who Was That Lady?

Who Was That Lady?

1960

Director

6.2
Directing

In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story tha...

Pal Joey

Pal Joey

1957

Director

6.2
Directing

An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.

Jeanne Eagels

Jeanne Eagels

1957

Director, Producer

6.3
Directing Producing

Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920s stage star Jeanne Eagels.

The Eddy Duchin Story

The Eddy Duchin Story

1956

Director

6.1
Directing

The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.

Jupiter's Darling

Jupiter's Darling

1955

Director

4.3
Directing

Rome is on the verge of being conquered by Hannibal. While Rome's ruler, Fabius Maximus, plots a defense against Hannibal's armies, Fabius' fiancée, A...

Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate

1953

Director

6.4
Directing

A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a gre...

Young Bess

Young Bess

1953

Director

5.8
Directing

The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Je...

Scaramouche

Scaramouche

1952

Director

7.1
Directing

In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.

Show Boat

Show Boat

1951

Director

6.1
Directing

A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.

Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun

1950

Director

6.8
Directing

Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Key to the City

Key to the City

1950

Director

6.2
Directing

At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is pro...

The Red Danube

The Red Danube

1949

Director

6.3
Directing

A Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect.

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1948

Director

6.7
Directing

Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their mission to protect France.

Cass Timberlane

Cass Timberlane

1947

Director

5.9
Directing

Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorne...

Holiday in Mexico

Holiday in Mexico

1946

Director

6.2
Directing

Christine Evans, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the widowed American ambassador to Mexico Jeffrey Evans, believes that she is no longer a young girl...

The Harvey Girls

The Harvey Girls

1946

Director

6.5
Directing

On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaur...

Ziegfeld Follies

Ziegfeld Follies

1945

Director

6.1
Directing

The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh

1945

Director

6.8
Directing

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew...

Bathing Beauty

Bathing Beauty

1944

Director

5.8
Directing

After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her student...

Thousands Cheer

Thousands Cheer

1943

Director

6.4
Directing

Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a fe...

Pilot #5

Pilot #5

1943

Director

5.8
Directing

A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily. With only one working fighter of their own, and five p...

Pacific Rendezvous

Pacific Rendezvous

1942

Director

6.0
Directing

A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.

Flicker Memories

Flicker Memories

1941

Director

5.0
Directing

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, clips from several unidentified silent films are woven into a story, with humorous commentary by Smith.

Of Pups and Puzzles

Of Pups and Puzzles

1941

Director

7.0
Directing

This short film shows how the war department utilizes a Ph.D., a chimp, and three dogs to help design aptitude tests for men applying for work.

Willie and the Mouse

Willie and the Mouse

1941

Director

Directing

John Nesbitt's "Passing Parade" purports to show how the behavior of mice can be studied in relation to the interaction of school children.

Third Dimensional Murder

1941

Director

Directing

A 3-D short subject in which the narrator goes to a creepy old house in search of his missing aunt. There he encounters the Frankenstein monster, a wi...

Free and Easy

Free and Easy

1941

Director

5.5
Directing

This MGM B-picture was adapted from Ivor Novello's play The Truth Game. Max and Florian Clemington pretend to be members of the landed gentry. Max rom...

Quicker'n a Wink

Quicker'n a Wink

1940

Director

6.9
Directing

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to s...

'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two

1940

Director

Directing

Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.

Dog Daze

Dog Daze

1939

Director

5.2
Directing

The Gang owes 37 cents to Butch, so they try to raise money by rounding up stray dogs for the reward, but nearly get busted for dognapping.

Hollywood Hobbies

Hollywood Hobbies

1939

Director

5.6
Directing

In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood stars.

Cousin Wilbur

Cousin Wilbur

1939

Director

6.0
Directing

Alfalfa introduces his prissy, snooty cousin Wilbur to the gang. He instantly gets on everyone's bad side. Especially Alfalfa.

Clown Princes

Clown Princes

1939

Director

5.0
Directing

The Our Gang kids put on a circus in the barn to raise money to help Porky's family pay the rent and avoid getting evicted.

Love on Tap

Love on Tap

1939

Director

4.7
Directing

In this musical short, a man tries to woo the manager of a dance troupe.

Duel Personalities

1939

Director

6.0
Directing

While under a hypnotic spell, Alfalfa thinks he's one of the Three Musketeers and challenges Butch to a duel.

Tiny Troubles

Tiny Troubles

1939

Director

6.0
Directing

Alfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget criminal.

Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)

1939

Director

5.3
Directing

Andy Hardy and the rest of the Hardy family wake up Christmas morning to gifts and give a holiday greeting to viewers.

Alfalfa's Aunt

1939

Director

6.0
Directing

Alfalfa's weird aunt Penelope pays a visit. She's working on a murder mystery novel, but Alfalfa thinks she's trying to murder him. It's up to the S...

Practical Jokers

1938

Director

6.0
Directing

Butch has been playing practical jokes on the gang, but now they get their turn.

Football Romeo

1938

Director

6.3
Directing

Darla pretends to like Butch, hoping to motivate Alfalfa into a better performance in the football game against Butch's team.

Men in Fright

1938

Director

5.5
Directing

The kids go to the hospital to visit Darla, who's recovering from a tonsillectomy. Chaos soon ensues.

Party Fever

Party Fever

1938

Director

6.0
Directing

Alfalfa, Butch and Waldo compete for Mayor For A Day. Whoever becomes Mayor gets to take Darla to the Strawberry Festival.

Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue

Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue

1938

Director

8.0
Directing

The scene is set at Billy Rose's Casa Manana Revue, filmed at the Fort Worth Frontier Fiesta (1937), an enormous production created as part of the Tex...

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

1937

Director

3.8
Directing

A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more i...

Pacific Paradise

Pacific Paradise

1937

Director

Directing

In this MGM Miniature Musical, Harry Owens and his orchestra perform several song numbers.

Every Sunday

Every Sunday

1936

Producer

3.8
Producing

Edna's grandfather is a conductor of a small orchestra that gives concerts in the park every Sunday. Because of lack of audience the city officials wa...