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George Sidney · Arts & Literature

What

Director of MGM musicals ('Anchors Aweigh', 'Show Boat', 'Kiss Me Kate')

When

1916, New York City, USA — 2002, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Where

United States

Biography

George Sidney is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Director of MGM musicals ('Anchors Aweigh', 'Show Boat', 'Kiss Me Kate')

How & why

George Sidney was an American director who made some of MGM's most lavish Technicolor musicals, including Anchors Aweigh (1945), Show Boat (1951) and Kiss Me Kate (1953), and later Bye Bye Birdie and Viva Las Vegas. Born into a show-business family, he began at MGM as a teenager and rose to become one of the studio's leading musical directors. He was born in New York to a Jewish family and was Jewish.

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Source: IMDb (Jewish Directors list)

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Director of MGM musicals ('Anchors Aweigh', 'Show Boat', 'Kiss Me Kate')

1916

Source: IMDb (Jewish Directors list)