- George Sidney
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location =Long Island City, New York ,United States
deathdate = death date and age|2002|05|05|1916|10|04|mf=y
deathplace =Las Vegas, Nevada ,United States
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notable role =George Sidney (
October 4 ,1916 -May 5 ,2002 ) was aJew ish American film director and film producer who worked primarily atMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer .Biography
Born in
Long Island City, New York , Sidney began his career as an assistant at MGM until being assigned to direct the "Our Gang " comedies, which MGM had just acquired fromHal Roach , in 1938. Sidney, then age 21, was the youngest "Our Gang" senior director ever, and was only nine years older than the eldest "Our Gang" kid,Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer 's brother Harold.After a year of working on "Our Gang" shorts, Sidney moved on to the "
Crime Does Not Pay " series. He soon graduated to features, including "The Harvey Girls " (1946), "The Three Musketeers " (1948), "Annie Get Your Gun" (1950), "Kiss Me, Kate" (1953), "Jupiter's Darling" (1955), "The Eddy Duchin Story " (1956), "Pal Joey" (1957), "Jeanne Eagels" (1957), "Bye Bye Birdie" (1963), andElvis Presley 's "Viva Las Vegas " (1964). His last film was "Half a Sixpence" (1967).Sidney had helped MGM colleagues
William Hanna andJoseph Barbera bankroll their side companyHanna-Barbera Productions in 1944 and was associated with them for ten years. Hanna and Barbera's Jerry Mouse appeared alongsideGene Kelly in Sidney's film "Anchors Aweigh" (1945); he later featuredFred Flintstone andHuckleberry Hound in "Bye Bye Birdie", when the animators had moved toScreen Gems , the television division ofColumbia Pictures .Sidney was nominated for the
Directors Guild of America Award four times. In 1958 he was presented with aGolden Globe Award for Best World Entertainment Through Musical Films. For his work in the art of cinema, he was awarded a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame . He died of complications fromlymphoma inLas Vegas, Nevada at the age of 85. He was interred atHillside Memorial Park Cemetery .Motion picture actor George Sidney (1876-1945, born Samuel Greenfield) was his uncle.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Film director and producer
DATE OF BIRTH=October 4 ,1916
PLACE OF BIRTH=Long Island City, New York ,United States
DATE OF DEATH=May 5 ,2002
PLACE OF DEATH=Las Vegas, Nevada ,United States
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