Gar Evans is a “high pressure” promoter who tends to be unrealistically optimistic about his projects and exaggerates the chance of success. Read More »
Tag Archives: George Sidney
Pal Joey (1957) George Sidney, Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak
Joey Evans is charming, handsome, funny, talented, and a first class, A-number-one heel. Read More »
Holiday in Mexico (1946) George Sidney, Walter Pidgeon, Ilona Massey, José Iturbi
The U.S. Ambassador’s (Walter Pidgeon) daughter falls for a Mexican pianist (Jose Iturbi) old enough to be her grandfather. Read More »
The Red Danube (1949)
Shortly after the end of World War II, British Colonel Michael ‘Hooky’ Nicobar is assigned to a unit in the British Zone of Vienna. Read More »
Pilot 5 (1943) George Sidney, Franchot Tone, Marsha Hunt, Gene Kelly
A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese planes daily. Read More »
Young Bess (1953) George Sidney, Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr
The mother died under the executioner’s axe; the daughter rose to become England’s greatest monarch Read More »
Kiss Me Kate (1953) George Sidney, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller
Fred and Lilly are a divorced pair of actors that are brought together Read More »
Anchors Aweigh (1945) George Sidney, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly
Two sailors, one naive, the other experienced in the ways of the world Read More »
Key to the City (1950) George Sidney, Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Frank Morgan
At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Read More »
Bye Bye Birdie (1963) George Sidney, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret, Janet Leigh
Conrad Birdie is the biggest rock & roll star of the 60’s ever to be drafted. Read More »