Movies by George Sidney
As part of the cast:
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Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Cast: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy …
Directed by: W.S. Van Dyke
Two boyhood pals end up on opposite sides of the law -- Jim Wade (William Powell) becomes a district attorney, while Blackie Gallagher (Clark Gable) moves on to racketeering and murder. They…
As a director:
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Half a Sixpence (1967)
Cast: Tommy Steele, Julia Foster, Cyril Ritchard …
Directed by: George Sidney
In this period piece set in Edwardian England, a ne'er-do-well draper's assistant inherits a fortune and finds that all of London society -- and especially the young ladies -- are…
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The Swinger (1966)
Cast: Ann-Margret, Anthony Franciosa, Robert Coote …
Directed by: George Sidney
When small-town girl Kelly Olsson (Ann-Margret) sets out to be a writer, she quickly discovers that her material is too staid for the racier tastes of the reading public. Her response? To…
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Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Cast: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, William Demarest …
Directed by: George Sidney
Race car driver Lucky Jackson (Elvis Presley) pulls into Las Vegas, ready for the city's first-ever Grand Prix. All he needs is enough money to buy a new engine, so he takes a job as a…
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Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Cast: Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret …
Directed by: George Sidney
When teen heartthrob Conrad Birdie (Jesse Pearson) gets drafted, his songwriter (Dick Van Dyke) organizes a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl will give Birdie a farewell smooch.…
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A Ticklish Affair (1963)
Cast: Shirley Jones, Gig Young, Red Buttons …
Directed by: George Sidney
Before she was the Partridge matriarch, Shirley Jones played mom to another brood: In this breezy romantic comedy, she stars as Amy Martin, a young widow with three sons who finds herself the…
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How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life / Who Was That Lady? (1960)
Cast: Dean Martin, Eli Wallach, Tony Curtis …
Directed by: Fielder Cook, George Sidney
Love and confusion are the themes in this hilarious Dean Martin double feature combining two raucous romantic comedy romps. In How to Save a Marriage, Dino plays the well-intentioned David,…
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Who Was That Lady? (1960)
Cast: Tony Curtis, Dean Martin, Janet Leigh …
Directed by: George Sidney
Part screwball comedy, part political farce, this 1960 film from director George Sidney stars (then) real-life husband and wife Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh as David and Ann Wilson. When Ann…
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Pal Joey (1957)
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak …
Directed by: George Sidney
Using his charming wile and debonair dance moves, Joey Evans (Frank Sinatra, in a Golden Globe-winning performance) beguiles vixen widow Vera Simpson (Rita Hayworth) into financing his…
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The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
Cast: Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, Victoria Shaw …
Directed by: George Sidney
Directed by George Sidney, a veteran of dozens of Golden Age MGM musicals, this glossy biopic of famed pianist Eddy Duchin stars Tyrone Power as the talented ivory tickler who was at the…
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Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller …
Directed by: George Sidney
It's Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" set to Cole Porter's greatest score. Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel are a divorced, bickering Broadway couple who agree to star in the…
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Scaramouche (1952)
Cast: Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh …
Directed by: George Sidney
Based on Rafael Sabatini's novel, this 1952 action-adventure stars Stewart Granger as an 18th-century Frenchman who learns how to master the sword so he can realize his vendetta against…
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Show Boat (1951)
Cast: Ava Gardner, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel …
Directed by: George Sidney
Married entertainers (Ava Gardner and Robert Sterling) are forced to leave the showboat Cotton Blossom because of the wife's mixed blood. The captain's daughter (Kathryn Grayson)…
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Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Cast: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern …
Directed by: George Sidney
This film adaptation of Irving Berlin's classic musical stars Betty Hutton as gunslinger Annie Oakley, who romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler (Howard Keel) as they travel with…
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The Three Musketeers (1948)
Cast: Lana Turner, Gene Kelly, June Allyson …
Directed by: George Sidney
In this 1948 version of the Alexandre Dumas classic, Gene Kelly stars as D'Artagnan -- an eager young noble who forges an ironclad friendship with the titular trio, Athos (Van Heflin),…
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Till the Clouds Roll By (1947)
Cast: June Allyson, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland …
Directed by: Richard Whorf, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney …
Composer Jerome Kern's life and times are tunefully chronicled in this star-studded biopic. Kicking off with a 20-minute production of "Show Boat" -- including Lena Horne's…
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The Harvey Girls (1946)
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Cyd Charisse, John Hodiak …
Directed by: George Sidney
On a train trip west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women traveling to open a Harvey House restaurant at a remote whistle stop, and…
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Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
Cast: Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Fanny Brice …
Directed by: George Sidney, Robert Lewis, Charles Walters …
Winner of the award for Best Musical Comedy at the Cannes Film Festival, this star-studded production opens in heaven, with the late Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld looking down to earth…
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Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly …
Directed by: George Sidney
A four-day shore leave sends sailors Joe Brady (Gene Kelly) and Clarence Doolittle (Frank Sinatra) skirt-chasing in Tinseltown, but before they even get started, they're shanghaied into…
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Bathing Beauty (1944)
Cast: Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Basil Rathbone …
Directed by: George Sidney
When Caroline's (Esther Williams) wedding to Steve (Red Skelton) is interrupted by a woman claiming to be Steve's wife, the furious bride returns to single life as a college swim…