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Sidney (George) collection
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Description
This collection consists of the phonograph records and realia of American film director and producer George Sidney (1916-2002). These include photographs, drawings, and awards that Sidney received.
Background
George Sidney (1916-2002) was an American film director and producer. He worked for MGM for most of his career. The films he directed for MGM inlcude "Bye Bye Birdie" (1963), "Viva Las Vegas" (1964), "Annie Get Your Gun" (1950), "Show Boat" (1951), "Kiss Me Kate" (1953), and "Jupiter's Darling" (1955). Sidney began at MGM editing film. His film editing won two Academy Awards for "Quicker'n A Wink" (1940) and "Of Pups and Puzzles" (1941).
Extent
95.521 Linear Feet 50 boxes
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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
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