George Sidney (October 4 1916 - May 5 2002) was a prolific American film director, who directed many notable films, mostly for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio. He was born in Long Island City, New York. Sidney got his start as an assistant at MGM until being assigned to direct the "Our Gang" comedies, which MGM had just acquired from Hal Roach, in 1938. Sidney, then age 21, was the youngest "Our Gang" senior director ever, … Wikipedia
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