George Sidney
George Sidney · Arts & Literature
Director of MGM musicals ('Anchors Aweigh', 'Show Boat', 'Kiss Me Kate')
1916, New York City, USA — 2002, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
United States
George Sidney is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Director of MGM musicals ('Anchors Aweigh', 'Show Boat', 'Kiss Me Kate')
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')
Source: IMDb (Jewish Directors list)
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