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George Sidney
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Director, Producer Born: October 4, 1916 in Long Island City, New York City, NY Death: May 5, 2002 in Las Vegas, NV Biography:American director "George Sidney" was the nephew of the Jewish comic actor of the same name. After working as a child actor, Sidney received a messenger-boy position at MGM in 1933, through the auspices of another relative, Louis K. Sidney. Before long, the teenager was working as a film editor; he moved up to assistant director in 1935, and one year later was given an opportunity to direct a ""Pete Smith" Specialty" one-reel short. Sidney's extreme youth prompted MGM to hype the novice director as a "boy wonder," listing his age at 16 (a pretense Sidney himself would maintain for years afterward). He remained busy in the MGM short subjects department, even handling a few Our Gang shorts -- an experience which he'd later claim would condition him to hate all kids. After winning Oscars for two of the "Pete Smith" shorts, Sidney was promoted to "B" feature films. Under the aegis of producer "Arthur... Full Biography
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