
George Sidney
A Bio-Bibliography
Eric Monder(Author)
Greenwood Press
Published on 23. August 1994
Book
Hardback
360 pages
978-0-313-28457-1 (ISBN)
Description
George Sidney directed a number of popular Hollywood films, such as Anchors Aweigh, Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate, and Bye Bye Birdie. His revisions of traditional Hollywood product resulted in films that remain surprisingly modern, and his work continues to influence popular culture. But despite the popularity of his films, Sidney has been a largely unheralded figure in film history. This book is the first serious, full-length study of Sidney's life and work.
A critical introduction to the volume explains how Sidney was given a minor place in film history, despite his many significant achievements. The book examines Sidney's canon in relation to the work of his contemporaries and reveals how he was both a Hollywood insider and an iconoclast who created mainstream films with strikingly modern sensibility. The detailed filmography provides thorough documentation for Sidney's many features, short subjects, screen tests, documentaries, and uncredited sequences in other directors' films. By drawing upon interviews with former coworkers, archival material, and rare stills and photographs, Monder reassesses Sidney's career.
A critical introduction to the volume explains how Sidney was given a minor place in film history, despite his many significant achievements. The book examines Sidney's canon in relation to the work of his contemporaries and reveals how he was both a Hollywood insider and an iconoclast who created mainstream films with strikingly modern sensibility. The detailed filmography provides thorough documentation for Sidney's many features, short subjects, screen tests, documentaries, and uncredited sequences in other directors' films. By drawing upon interviews with former coworkers, archival material, and rare stills and photographs, Monder reassesses Sidney's career.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
738 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-28457-1 (9780313284571)
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ERIC MONDER is an author and film critic. He has written for The New York Times, Film Comment, Motion Picture Guide, Cover Magazine, Classic Images Magazine, The Village Voice, Video Digest, and other publications.
Content
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: George Sidney's High-Tech Vaudeville Show
Biography
The George Sidney Story
A Sidney Chronology
Awards and Positions
Filmography
Production Assistance
Short Subjects
Screen Tests
Features
Documentaries and Miscellany
Unrealized Projects
Bibliography
Works by George Sidney
Works about George Sidney
Author Index
General Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: George Sidney's High-Tech Vaudeville Show
Biography
The George Sidney Story
A Sidney Chronology
Awards and Positions
Filmography
Production Assistance
Short Subjects
Screen Tests
Features
Documentaries and Miscellany
Unrealized Projects
Bibliography
Works by George Sidney
Works about George Sidney
Author Index
General Index