List of the best George Sidney movies: Scaramouche(1952), The Harvey Girls(1946), Kiss Me Kate(1953), Anchors Aweigh(1945), The Eddy Duchin Story(1956), Annie Get Your Gun(1950), Show Boat(1951), Pal Joey(1957), Young Bess(1953), Bye Bye Birdie(1963), Ziegfeld Follies(1946), Half a Sixpence(1968) ... ...
Adventure
USA
1952
111 Minutes
Director
Stewart Granger Eleanor Parker Janet Leigh Mel Ferrer Henry Wilcoxon Nina Foch Richard Anderson Robert Coote Lewis Stone Elisabeth Risdon Howard Freeman
marquis peasant damsel in distress instructor love interest swordsman charming thrilling spirited france theater palace revenge betrayal acting murder royalty love quest rescue
In France during the late 18th Century, a man sets out to avenge the death of his friend at the hands of a master swordsman.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1946
101 Minutes
Director
Judy Garland John Hodiak Ray Bolger Preston Foster Virginia O'Brien Angela Lansbury Marjorie Main Chill Wills Kenny Baker Selena Royle Cyd Charisse
waitress restaurant manager saloon girl saloon owner cowboy uplifting charming playful new mexico saloon restaurant wild west love letters deception romance restaurant business train travel rivalry love 1880s
On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
109 Minutes
Director
Kathryn Grayson Howard Keel Ann Miller Bobby Van Keenan Wynn James Whitmore Bob Fosse Tommy Rall Kurt Kaszner Ron Randell Carol Haney
actor actress songwriter producer mobster fiancé airy charming theater apartment backstage show business love triangle mistaken identity gambling marriage transformation quest 1950s
An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and two gangsters looking for some money owed to them.
Musical
USA
1945
143 Minutes
Director
Frank Sinatra Gene Kelly Kathryn Grayson Dean Stockwell Carlos Ramírez Henry O'Neill Leon Ames Rags Ragland Edgar Kennedy Pamela Britton Henry Armetta
sailor admiral girlfriend singer boy amusing charming spirited los angeles vacation romance u.s. navy adventure discovery love 1940s
A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.
Biography
USA
1956
123 Minutes
Director
Tyrone Power Kim Novak Victoria Shaw James Whitmore Rex Thompson Mickey Maga Shepperd Strudwick Frieda Inescort
socialite conductor band member band leader estranged son wife melodramatic tense unrestrained new york city casino eddy duchin music tragic death father/son relationship world war ii fame adventure rise transformation
The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.
Musical
USA
1950
107 Minutes
Director
Betty Hutton Howard Keel Louis Calhern J. Carrol Naish Edward Arnold Keenan Wynn Benay Venuta Clinton Sundberg
annie oakley frank butler buffalo bill gunslinger cowboy cowgirl amusing spirited charming wild west america europe love competition cowboys performance love discovery rivalry 19th century
The story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler.
Musical
USA
1951
107 Minutes
Director
Kathryn Grayson Howard Keel Ava Gardner Joe E. Brown Gower Champion Marge Champion Robert Sterling Agnes Moorehead Adele Jergens William Warfield Leif Erickson
singer gambler husband wife daughter melodramatic powerful steamboat casino mississippi stage music gambling race relations marriage performance temptation discovery forbidden love 1900s
The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairytale romance is threatened when his luck turns sour.
Musical
USA
1957
111 Minutes
Director
Rita Hayworth Frank Sinatra Kim Novak Barbara Nichols Bobby Sherwood Hank Henry Elizabeth Patterson Robin Morse Frank Wilcox Pierre Watkin Barry Bernard
singer chorus girl widow amusing lighthearted playful san francisco nightclub musicians performance romance love triangle dreams love temptation quest discovery 1950s
Joey Evans' a charming, handsome, funny, talented a-1st class, A-N°.1 - heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl and now is the rich widow, Vera Simpson, the pair of lecherous souls seem made for each other.
Drama, History
USA
1953
112 Minutes
Director
Jean Simmons Stewart Granger Charles Laughton Deborah Kerr Cecil Kellaway Leo G. Carroll Kay Walsh Elaine Stewart
admiral queen courtesan king princess bleak somber fascinating royal palace royal court london manor aspirations love royal life transformation forbidden love growing up 16th century
The early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1963
112 Minutes
Director
Dick Van Dyke Janet Leigh Ann-Margret Maureen Stapleton Bobby Rydell Jesse Pearson Paul Lynde Mary LaRoche Michael Evans Robert Paige Gregory Morton
singer songwriter secretary fan father mother campy amusing madcap sweet apple, ohio office small town stage celebrities adolescence pop music family fame jealousy underdog
A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.
Musical
USA
1946
110 Minutes
George Sidney William Powell Charles Walters Vincente Minnelli Judy Garland Fred Astaire Lucille Ball Fanny Brice Lena Horne
singer dancer actor actress comedian spirited spectacular charming lighthearted theater new york city song and dance show business love 1940s
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down from Heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
Musical
UK
1968
148 Minutes
Director
Tommy Steele Julia Foster Penelope Horner Cyril Ritchard Elaine Taylor Grover Dale Hilton Edwards Julia Sutton Leslie Meadows Sheila Falconer Pamela Brown
wealthy man girlfriend playwright teacher lawyer apprentice amusing lighthearted shop school mansion london apartment darkness life story following your dreams shady dealings transformation growing up love
Arthur Kipps, an orphan apprenticed to a tyrannical owner of a mercantile, has a sudden abrupt change of life when his wealthy grandfather dies and leaves him a pile of money.
Musical
USA
1964
86 Minutes
Director
Elvis Presley Ann-Margret Cesare Danova William Demarest Nicky Blair Dallas Johann Rickey Murray Robert Aiken
race car driver swimming instructor count father assistant pretty woman playful wild las vegas casino hotel track garage romance song and dance auto racing gambling competition love pursuit
A race car driver preparing for the Grand Prix, wiles his time in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine. Soon, he strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman.
Romance
USA
1949
119 Minutes
Director
Walter Pidgeon Ethel Barrymore Peter Lawford Angela Lansbury Janet Leigh Louis Calhern Francis L. Sullivan Melville Cooper Robert Coote Alan Napier Roman Toporow
colonel mother superior major aide ballerina private tense emotional vienna convent train station rome repatriation communism faith romance duty suicide quest escape
Shortly after the end of World War II, British Colonel Michael S. "Hooky" Nicobar (Walter Pidgeon) is assigned to a unit in the British Zone of Vienna. His duty is to aid the Soviet ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1950
99 Minutes
Director
Clark Gable Loretta Young Frank Morgan Marilyn Maxwell Raymond Burr James Gleason Lewis Stone Raymond Walburn Pamela Britton Zamah Cunningham Marion Martin
mayor political candidate longshoreman sergeant judge rival charming emotional amusing san francisco small town convention california romance political corruption election convention opposites attract politics love
Two mayors meet at a convention and, despite their contrasting personalities and views, find themselves attracted to one other.
Drama
USA
1947
119 Minutes
Director
Spencer Tracy Lana Turner Zachary Scott Tom Drake Mary Astor Albert Van Dekker Margaret Lindsay John Litel Mona Barrie Josephine Hutchinson Rose Hobart
judge wife lawyer emotional somber minnesota small town adultery forbidden love romance judicial system marriage illness rise fall 1940s
Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass', Bradd Criley. ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1957
109 Minutes
Director
Kim Novak Jeff Chandler Agnes Moorehead Charles Drake Larry Gates Virginia Grey Gene Lockhart Joe De Santis Murray Hamilton
dancer waitress actress carnival worker understudy passionate dark melodramatic broadway theater stage carnival new york city kansas city, mo. fame ambition betrayal show business alcoholism jeanne eagels wretched excess
The life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.
Drama
USA
1943
70 Minutes
Director
Franchot Tone Marsha Hunt Gene Kelly Van Johnson Alan Baxter Dick Simmons Steven Geray Howard Freeman Frank Ferguson William Tannen Peter Lawford
In March 1942, on the island of Java, Indonesia, a Dutch major selects a pilot for a dangerous mission from the five U.S. Army airmen under his command. While waiting for word from the pilot, the others tell his life story to the major.
Romance
USA
1963
89 Minutes
Director
Shirley Jones Gig Young Red Buttons Carolyn Jones Edgar Buchanan Eddie Applegate Edward Platt Bill Mumy Bryan Russell Robert Foulk Milton Frome
commander widow boy pilot fireman police officer playful emotional san diego california ship courtship parenthood childhood family discovery love rescue 1960s
When the kids of a young widow inadvertently send an SOS while playing with their uncle Cy's Navy Signal Lamp, the Navy sends their top man to investigate and he falls for their mother.
Romance
USA
1941
56 Minutes
Director
Bob Cummings Ruth Hussey Judith Anderson C. Aubrey Smith Nigel Bruce Reginald Owen Tom Conway Forrester Harvey Charles Coleman Theresa Maxwell Conover Frederick Worlock
father son swindler heiress widow wealthy man amusing melodramatic outlandish concert hall mansion party racetrack marrying for money father/son relationship morality love triangle high society debt transformation
Max Clemington (Robert Cummings) and his father are both looking to marry wealthy women. The task would be far easier if either one of them had any money of their own. Max decides on Martha... See full summary »
Musical
1944
101 Minutes
Director
Red Skelton Esther Williams Basil Rathbone Bill Goodwin Ethel Smith Jean Porter Donald Meek Nana Bryant Ann Codee Francis Pierlot Margaret Dumont
songwriter producer instructor college student professor wife lighthearted amusing witty endearing los angeles new jersey college wedding swimming pool classroom marriage schemes love triangle career vs. love
A goofy songwriter (Red Skelton) enrolls at a women's college to be near his aquatic sweetheart (Esther Williams).
Musical, Comedy
1961
157 Minutes
Director
Cantinflas Dan Dailey Shirley Jones Carlos Montalban Vicki Trickett Matt Mattox Hank Henry Suzanne Lloyd Stephen Bekassy Ernie Kovacs William Demarest
mexican ranch hand executive frank sinatra jimmy durante horse hilarious heartwarming madcap mexico small town bullring ranch hollywood, calif. road horses class distinctions greed human-animal friendship fame
A poor Mexican (Cantinflas) with a white horse brings luck to a down-and-out Hollywood director (Dan Dailey).
Musical, Comedy
1946
127 Minutes
Director
Walter Pidgeon Ilona Massey Roddy McDowall Jane Powell Hugo Haas Mikhail Rasumny Helene Stanley Ann Codee Paul Stanton Doris Lloyd Rosita Marstini
ambassador daughter boyfriend pianist xavier cugat singer lighthearted charming melodramatic mexico party nightclub father/daughter relationship love musicians love growing up 1940s
The U.S. ambassador's (Walter Pidgeon) daughter falls for a Mexican pianist (Jose Iturbi) old enough to be her grandfather.
Comedy
1960
115 Minutes
Director
Tony Curtis Dean Martin Janet Leigh James Whitmore John McIntire Barbara Nichols Larry Keating Larry Storch
impostor professor writer spy wife student amusing quirky madcap university laboratory restaurant secret headquarters empire state building espionage infidelity husband/wife relationship impersonation deception fbi
After his wife (Janet Leigh) catches him kissing a pretty coed, a chemistry professor (Tony Curtis) asks his buddy (Dean Martin) to help him come up with a clever cover story.