Sidney, George

Sidney, George
▪ 2003

      American film director (b. Oct. 4, 1916, New York, N.Y.—d. May 5, 2002, Las Vegas, Nev.), directed a number of the most popular movie musicals of the 1940s and '50s, including Anchors Aweigh (1945), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), Show Boat (1951), and Kiss Me Kate (1953). Later films included Bye Bye Birdie (1963) and Elvis Presley's Viva Las Vegas (1964). Sidney also served as president of the Screen Directors Guild (1951–59) and of the organization that succeeded it, the Directors Guild of America (1961–67).

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