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El Teatro Puerto Rico jacket

Physical Description:: white; black (overall color); metal (pins material); nylon (shell material); polyester; nylon (lining material)

Measurements:: overall flat: 27 in x 25 in; 68.58 cm x 63.5 cm; waist: 16 3/4 in; 42.545 cm; sleeve: 29 1/2 in; 74.93 cm; shoulders: 21 in; 53.34 cm

Object Name:: jacket

Place made:: United States

Associated Place:: Puerto Rico; United States: New York, New York City

Date made:: ca 1970s-1990s; ca 1970s - 1990s

Subject:: Latino Search this; Hispanics Search this; Spanish Search this; Puerto Rico Search this; Costume Search this; Theater Search this; Entertainment Search this; Women's History Search this

Credit Line:: Gift of Gilda Miros

ID Number:: 2016.0233.03

Catalog number:: 2016.0233.03

Accession number:: 2016.0233

See more items in:: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment; Work

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-482a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmah_1847925

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Oral history interview with Joan Ankrum

Interviewee:: Ankrum, Joan Search this

Interviewer:: McGlynn, Betty Hoag Search this

Names:: Broderson, Morris, 1928-2011 Search this

Extent:: 25 Pages (Transcript); 1 Item (Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 39 min)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Pages; Sound recordings; Interviews

Date:: 1964 April 28

Scope and Contents:: An interview of Joan Ankrum conducted by Betty Hoag on 1964 April 28 for the Archives of American Art.; Ankrum discusses the career of artist Morris Broderson, her nephew, who was deaf/hearing-impaired. She discusses his exhibitions, and his painting, "The Death of Christ."

Biographical / Historical:: Joan Ankrum (1913-2001) was an art dealer and owner of Ankrum Galleries in Los Angeles, California.

General:: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel.

Provenance:: This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Restrictions:: Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.; This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:: Art dealers -- California -- Los Angeles Search this; Actors -- California -- Los Angeles Search this

Topic:: Women artists Search this; Women art dealers Search this; Deaf artists Search this

Genre/Form:: Sound recordings; Interviews

Identifier:: AAA.ankrum64

Archival Repository:: Archives of American Art

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91cac7859-e9b4-4ab9-ab8e-50a21d9fad9b

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-aaa-ankrum64

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Sash/Belt

Culture/People:: Mi'kmaq (Micmac) Search this

Previous owner:: Mrs. Noel Francis, Mi'kmaq (Micmac) Search this; Daniel Red Eagle LaFrance (Ah-nen-ra-de-ni/Danny LaFrance/Dan Red Eagle), Mohawk [Akwesasne], 1874-1956 Search this

Seller:: Daniel Red Eagle LaFrance (Ah-nen-ra-de-ni/Danny LaFrance/Dan Red Eagle), Mohawk [Akwesasne], 1874-1956 Search this

Object Name:: Sash/Belt

Media/Materials:: Velvet, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, thread

Techniques:: Overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork

Object Type:: Clothing/Garments: Accessories

Place:: Nova Scotia; Canada (inferred)

Date created:: 1875-1910

Catalog Number:: 1/2560

Barcode:: 012560.000

See related items:: Mi'kmaq (Micmac); Clothing/Garments: Accessories

Data Source:: National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6678fb757-c818-48ea-8939-1fbb0bc925f0

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:NMAI_13079

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Shoulder bag/Bandolier bag

Culture/People:: Mi'kmaq (Micmac) Search this

Previous owner:: Mrs. Noel Francis, Mi'kmaq (Micmac) Search this; Daniel Red Eagle LaFrance (Ah-nen-ra-de-ni/Danny LaFrance/Dan Red Eagle), Mohawk [Akwesasne], 1874-1956 Search this

Seller:: Daniel Red Eagle LaFrance (Ah-nen-ra-de-ni/Danny LaFrance/Dan Red Eagle), Mohawk [Akwesasne], 1874-1956 Search this

Object Name:: Shoulder bag/Bandolier bag

Media/Materials:: Cotton cloth, silk cloth, glass bead/beads, metal bead/beads, thread

Techniques:: Sewn, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, edge beaded, strung

Object Type:: Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Place:: Nova Scotia; Canada (inferred)

Date created:: 1880-1910

Catalog Number:: 1/2561

Barcode:: 012561.000

See related items:: Mi'kmaq (Micmac); Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Data Source:: National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65d86ede8-585e-4361-9c41-064901620960

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:NMAI_13080

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Ball-headed club

Culture/People:: Mi'kmaq (Micmac) Search this

Collector:: Charlotte Paull, Non-Indian, b. ca. 1838 Search this

Previous owner:: Joseph Keppler, Jr. (Udo J. Keppler/Gyantwaka), Non-Indian, 1872-1956 Search this; Mary Splicer Paull, Iroquois Search this; Daniel Red Eagle LaFrance (Ah-nen-ra-de-ni/Danny LaFrance/Dan Red Eagle), Mohawk [Akwesasne], 1874-1956 Search this

Object Name:: Ball-headed club

Media/Materials:: Wood, hide, thread

Techniques:: Carved

Object Type:: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare

Place:: Nova Scotia; Canada (inferred)

Catalog Number:: 1/4677

Barcode:: 014677.000

See related items:: Mi'kmaq (Micmac); Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare

Data Source:: National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6dccfff80-81dd-4ed7-9a72-69e38589a41d

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:NMAI_15777

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Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection

Collector:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Search this

Donor:: Becker, John M. Search this; Gay Officers Action League. GOAL Search this; Heritage of Pride (HOP) Search this; Rohrbaugh, Richard Search this; Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA) Search this; American Federation of Teachers Search this; Department of Defense, Comprehensive Review Working Group Search this; Gay Officers Action League. GOAL Search this; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland Search this; ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives Search this; San Diego LGBT Pride Search this; Servicemembers Legal Defense Network Search this; Smith College Search this; University of Connecticut Search this; William Way Community Center Search this; Biren, Joan E. Search this; Bushnell, Megan Search this; Davidson, James, Dr. Search this; Dietrich, Joe Search this; Exline, Gregory Search this; Florence, Laura Search this; Huebner, David Search this; Jain, Shawn Search this; Karazsia, Amy Search this; Karazsia, William G. Search this; Lombardi, Angela Search this; Lynch, Patsy Search this; Meinke, Mark Search this; Nitz, Ryan Search this; Reichard, Bradley Search this; Robinson, Franklin A., Jr., 1959- (actor) Search this; Ros, Silvia Search this; Sabatino, Michael Search this; Shannon, Michael A. Search this; Sheets, Justin Search this; Snodgrass, Adam Search this; Voorheis, Robert Search this

Creator:: Hirsch, Leonard Search this; Guest, Barbara Search this; Barna, Joseph T. Search this; Guest, Michael E. Search this; Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019 Search this

Other:: Larson, Gordon P., 1910-1988 -- 20th century Search this

Names:: McWaine, Dwayne, Dr. Search this

Extent:: 70.2 Cubic feet (213 boxes, 22 map-folders)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Passports; Postcards; Photographs; Posters; Videocassettes; Advertising; Dvds; Songbooks; Periodicals

Place:: Canada -- Description and Travel; Germany -- description and travel; Amsterdam (Netherlands); Washington, D.C. -- history; Los Angeles (Calif.); New York, New York

Date:: 1825-2023, undated; bulk 1960-2023

Summary:: This collection contains a variety of periodicals, photographs, correspondence, business and advertising ephemera (corporate and non-profit, personal), organizational records and ephemera, created by, for, and in reaction to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) community.

Scope and Contents:: The Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection contains periodicals, ephemera, posters, postcards, advertisements, photographs, organizational records, publications, correspondence, and other materials related to all aspects of the LGBT community and the civil rights issues pertaining thereto. The collection was created by the Archives Center to bring together materials specifically pertaining to the LGBT community. This collection contains material from communities and individuals throughout the United States. The collection is currently strongest in periodicals, newspapers and ephemera and very strong in material from California and New York. The collection continues to add new items and the researcher would be wise to take a broad view in targeting their research topics in the collection.

Arrangement:: The collection is divided into twenty-eight series.

Series 1: Periodicals, 1937-2023

Series 2: Agencies, Associations, and Organizations, 1965-2023, undated

Series 3: Community Life and Subject Files, 1825-2023, undated

Subseries 3.1: Photographs and Slides, 1870-2009, undated

Subseries 3.2: Ephemera and Buttons, 1969-2022, undated

Subseries 3.3: Posters and Prints, 1825-2018, undated

Subseries 3.4: Subject Files, 1958-2023, undated

Subseries 3.5: Pride, 1976-2023, undated

Subseries 3.6: HIV and AIDS, 1987-2020, undated

Subseries 3.7: Gay Games, 1982-2018

Series 4: Advertising, Business, and Publications, 1912-2023, undated

Subseries 4.1: Advertising, 1970-2018, undated

Subseries 4.2: Business, 1986-2021, undated

Subseries 4.3: Television, Theater, and Motion Pictures, 1978-2023, undated

Subseries 4.4: Bar ephemera and advertisement, 1979-2018, undated

Subseries 4.5: Publications, 1912-2023, undated

Series 5: Biren, Joan E. (JEB), 195-2018, undated

Subseries 5.1: Xerographic Copies of Photoprints, 1971-1995, undated.

Subseries 5.2: Posters and Oversize Advertisement, 1973-2018, undated

Series 6: Dietrich, Joseph A., 1992-2010

Series 7: Mattachine Society Records, 1942-1996, undated

Subseries 7.1: Correspondence, 1952-1991, undated

Subseries 7.2: Board of Directors Minutes, 1954-1974, undated

Subseries 7.3: Organizational Information, 1942-1993, undated

Subseries 7.4: Councils, Chapters, and Committees, 1953-1965, undated

Subseries 7.5: Conventions, 1953-1960, undated

Subseries 7.6: Publications, 1944-1996, undated

Series 8: Rainbow History Community Pioneers, 2003-2012, undated

Series 9: Strub, Sean O., addendum, 1987-2011, undated

Series 10: Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore (GLCCB, 1990-2014, undated

Series 11: Ros, Silvia, 2009-2011

Series 12: Huebner, David, 2009-2014

Series 13: St. George, Philip, 1945-1955, undated

Series 14: Will & Grace, 1995-2006

Series 15: Barna, Joseph T. and Heritage of Pride (HOP), New York, New York, 1910-2014, undated

Subseries 15.1: Photographs, Photographic Negatives, and Slides, 1985-2010, undated

Subseries 15.2: Heritage of Pride (HOP), 1984-2014, undated

Subseries 15.3: Barna, Joseph T., 1910-2013, undated,

Series 16: Becker, John M., 1999-2014, undated

Series 17: Rohrbaugh, Richard, 1972-1986, undated

Series 18: Guest, Michael E., 2001-2009

Series 19: The Fosters, 2013

Series 20: Pride at Work, 1990-2015

Series 21: Sabatino, Michael and Voorheis, Robert, 1980-2016, undated

Subseries 21.1: Archilla, Gustavo A. and Lokkins, Elmer T., 1916-2014, undated

Series 22: Gay Officers Action League (GOAL), 1982-2016, undated

Series 23: Brown, Adele "Del" and Herizon's Bar, 1985-1991, undated

Subseries 1: Changing Herizons, and Herizons Newsletter, 1983-1991

Series 24: Universal Fellowship Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC), 1957-2019, undated

Series 25: The Christmas House, Crown Media Family Networks, 2020-2021

Series 26: Cones, Myra L. and Harris, G. Yvonne, 1979-2001, undated

Series 27: Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA), 1993-2004, undated

Series 28: Hooker, Meryl, 1989-1996, undated

Historical Note:: While the quest for equal rights has been pursued by generations, it is generally acknowledged that the modern day Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) civil rights movement began in New York City in June 1969 with the Stonewall Riots. Prior to this time a number of activists, individuals, and organizations such as The Mattachine Society, Daughters of Bilitis and others, fought to bring recognition of LGBT civil rights to the forefront of American society. While the movement was primarily, and most visably, centered in New York City and San Francisco, periodicals, guide books, and ephemeral material interconnected the larger LGBT community throughout the United States. The increased visibility of the LGBT movement inspired affinity groups at odds with the LGBT community's new found visibility and quest for broader civil rights. The challenge to what was termed "traditional" values encouraged these counter-LGBT groups to define and solidfy their constituency and also become more pro-active. This collection comprises material that is generated by individuals and organizations promoting both points of view.

Related Materials:: Materials in the Archives Center

Michio and Aveline Kushi Macro-Biotics Collection (AC0619)

The Shamrock Bar: Photographs and Interviews (AC0857)

John-Manuel Andriote Victory Deferred Collection (AC1128)

Archives Center Wedding Documentation Collection (AC1131 )

Division of Science, Medicine, and Society HIV/AIDS Reference Collection (AC1134)

John-Manuel Andriote Hot Stuff: A Brief History of Disco Collection (AC1184)

Joan E. Biren (JEB) Queer Film Museum Collection (AC1216)

World AIDS Institute (WAI) Collection (AC1266)

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) Records (AC1282)

Helping Persons with AIDS (HPA) Records (AC1283)

DC Cowboys Dance Company Records (AC1312)

Bil Browning and Jerame Davis Papers (AC1334)

David Hadley Rockwell New York Disco Ephemera Collection (AC1342)

Leonard P. Hirsch Federal Globe Records (AC1357)

Corbett Reynolds Papers (AC1390)

Mark Segal Papers (AC1422)

The Mattachine Society of Washington "Love in Action" Collection (AC1428)

Academy of Washington Records (AC1458)

Matthew Shepard Papers (AC1463)

I'm From Driftwood Records (AC1503)

The Division of Political History holds artifacts related to gay activist Franklin Kameny and a variety of political buttons. They also hold LGBT related artifacts from Joan E. Biren (JEB).

The Division of Medical and Science holds objects donated from Dr. Renee Richards, Sean O. Strub, and Leonard Hirsch.

The Division of Entertainment and the Arts holds objects donated by The Fosters, Will & Grace, and The Christmas House.

Provenance:: This collection was assembled by the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian, beginning in 2004.

Restrictions:: The collection is open for research use.

Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

Rights:: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:: Women's music Search this; Transgender people -- Identity Search this; Sexual orientation Search this; Political activists Search this; Lesbianism Search this; Lesbian and gay experience Search this; Gay activists Search this; Homosexuality Search this; HIV and AIDS Search this; Feminism Search this; Bisexuality Search this; Bars (Drinking establishments) Search this; Gay Pride Search this

Genre/Form:: Passports; Postcards; Photographs -- 2000-2010; Posters; Videocassettes; Advertising; DVDs; Photographs -- 20th century; Songbooks; Periodicals

Citation:: Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.1146

See more items in:: Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep80327b53b-2daa-47d1-8c11-89a7b3f4e1bd

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1146

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George Sidney Collection

Collector:: Sidney, George, 1916-2002 Search this; National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Music, Sports and Entertainment Search this

Names:: Columbia Pictures Search this; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Search this; Paramount Pictures Search this; Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David), 1909-1986 Search this; Margret, Ann-, 1941- Search this; Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 Search this; Sidney, George, 1877-1945 Search this; Sidney, Hazel Mooney Search this; Sidney, Louis K. Search this; Sullivan, Ed, 1901-1974 Search this

Donor:: Sidney, Corinne Entratter Search this

Extent:: 54 Film reels; 96 Cubic feet (288 boxes, 6 oversize folders)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Film reels; Photographs

Place:: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Date:: 1885-2002; bulk 1940-1967

Summary:: George Sidney (1916-2002) was a film director during the Golden Age of Hollywood filmmaking (1927-1954). He spent the longest period of his career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) until the 1950s. He later produced and directed films for Columbia Pictures and Paramount Pictures. He was a president of the Directors Guild of America and an avid photographer. He was the recipient of three awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscar). The collection consists of photographs, photographic negatives, personal and business materials, and film. The collection also contains material created by George Sidney's uncle, George Sidney, vaudevillian and motion picture actor.

Scope and Contents:: The George Sidney Collection consists of approximately eighty-eight cubic feet of photographs and materials from the Hollywood director George Sidney, most dealing with his career in motion pictures. Sidney was an avid photographer and collector of photographs documenting extremely well the Hollywood film community during the Studio Era (1927-1954) of filmmaking. The bulk of the collection is from Sidney's most productive years, circa 1937-1968.

MGM's motto was "More Stars than there are in Heaven" and the researcher would be advised that the extent of this collection is such that it is impossible to list and identify all of the celebrities and personalities photographed, both behind and in front of the camera. There are stills from Sidney's many productions as well as his on-set personal photographs. There are photographs from dinner parties, and many studio and film community functions. Productions are dated to their generally accepted first theatrical release date (Los Angeles and New York) and in the case of a Broadway show to their opening date.

Arrangement:: The collection is arranged into six series.

Series 1: Photographs, Photographic Negatives, and Slides, 1914-1996, undated.

Subseries 1.1: The Camera Eye of George Sidney, undated.

Subseries 1.2: Productions (Motion Picture, Stage, and Radio), 1921-1968. Subseries 1.3: Personalities and People, 1932-1996, undated.

Subseries 1.4: Personal and Family, 1914-1992, undated.

Subseries 1.5: Family Photograph Albums and Scrapbooks, 1918-1950, undated.

Subseries 1.6: Travel and Locations, 1940-1981, undated.

Subseries 1.7: Studio, Entertainment, and Public Events, 1949-1995, undated.

Subseries 1.8: Tests, 1938-1967, undated.

Subseries 1.9: Photographic Negatives, 1937-1979, undated

Series 2: Production Ephemera, Posters, Scripts, 1930-1991, undated.

Subseries 2.1: Production Posters, 1943-1964, undated

Subseries 2.2: Production Ephemera and Scripts, 1930-1991, undated

Series 3: Office Files and Personal Material, 1903-2002, undated

Subseries 3.1: Personal Material, 1944-2002, undated

Subseries 3.2: Correspondence, Random Files, Indices, and Inventories, 1903-2002, undated

Series 4: Music Manuscripts, Sheet Music, and Music Related Material, 1885-1992, undated

Subseries 4.1: Music Manuscripts, 1937-1960, undated

Subseries 4.2: Sheet Music, 1885-1990

Subseries 4.3: Music Related Material, 1971-1992, undated

Series 5: Audiovisual, 1933-2001, undated

Subseries 5.1: Film, 1940-1960, undated

Subseries 5.2: Audio, 1933-2001, undated

Subseries 5.3: Video, 1989-2001, undated

Series 6: George Sidney (1877-1945), 1909-1945, undated

Biographical / Historical:: George E. Sidney was born in New York, New York on October 4th, 1916 into a show business family. His father Louis K. Sidney (birth surname Kronowith) (1891-1958) was a Broadway producer, actor-manager, and one of the vice-presidents of Loew's Incorporated. Sidney's mother, Hazael Mooney (?-1969), was a vaudeville performer, part of a sister act known as The Mooney Sisters. She was a native New Yorker, daughter of prominent New York City attorney Henry Mooney. She and Louis were married at her home, 12 West 109th Street, New York. Another residence was 179 West 63rd Street.

Louis K. Sidney began working for Loew's Incorporated in 1923. He managed theatres in Denver, Pittsburgh, Toledo, Dayton, and New York. Later he was in charge of stage productions for the theatre circuit. He was in charge of MGM's East Coast film production facility in New York. He and Hazael followed son George to Los Angeles in 1937. Louis produced two motion pictures at MGM, The Big Store with the Marx Brothers and Hullabaloo. After February 1951, he was a member of the four man executive committee in charge of MGM. At his retirement in 1955, Louis K. had risen to the position of vice-president of Loew's, Incorporated. He served as vice-president and director of the Motion Picture Producers Association, as a director of the Motion Picture Relief Fund, and the Hollywood Coordinating Committee.

George Sidney had two uncles in show business, Jack Sidney, known as "Jack of Spades" a black-face comedian, and Sidney's half-uncle, George Sidney (1877-1945) (real name Samuel Greenfield), a vaudeville comic. George had a successful Broadway and screen career, most notably as the bum, Busy Izzy, a character that lasted on the vaudeville circuit from 1901-1915. His initial Broadway success was in a show entitled Welcome Stranger that ran for 309 performances. Welcome Stranger had an extensive touring schedule across the United States. In conjunction with Charlie Murray, he developed a comedy act known as Cohen and Kelly that was not only a vaudeville success but easily made the transition to motion pictures. The Cohens and Kellys films became a motion picture franchise for Universal Studios in 1924. He was married to Carrie Weber (?-1940). George was a member of the Friars Club and an avid sports fan. He owned a racehorse named Kibbitzer.

George Sidney made his on-screen debut in The Littlest Cowboy (1921) starring Tom Mix. He moved to Los Angeles in 1930. Sidney went to work as a messenger at MGM. Louis B. Mayer's nickname for Sidney was "boy". Sidney flourished at the studio and by the time he was twenty he was directing screen tests and one-reel shorts. He directed installments in the Our Gang and Little Rascals series, as well as the Pete Smith and the Crime Does Not Pay series. He won back-to-back Oscars for two of his shorts, Quicker'n a Wink (1940) and Of Pups and Puzzles (1941). His feature film directing debut was Free and Easy (1941) starring Robert Cummings. His first major film musical was the all-star, war time musical, Thousands Cheer (1943), starring Kathryn Grayson and Gene Kelly. Sidney always indicated he viewed films as entertainment and seems to have rejected the auteur theory of directing embraced by some of his well known colleagues such as John Ford and Vincent Minnelli. His film, The Three Musketeers (1948), starring Gene Kelly and Lana Turner, was one of MGM's highest grossing films in the post World War Two period. He won his third Oscar for the short, Overture to 'The Merry Wives of Windsor, in 1954. Jupiter's Darling (1955) with Esther Williams was Sidney's last film for MGM. He was loaned to Columbia Pictures to direct The Eddy Duchin Story (1956), after which his contract at MGM ended.

Sidney went on to become an independent producer and director at Columbia Pictures where he directed such films as Pal Joey (1957), starring Frank Sinatra, and Bye Bye Birdie (1963) starring Ann-Margret. He returned to MGM in the 1960s to make A Ticklish Affair (1963), starring Shirley Jones and Viva Las Vegas (1964), starring Ann-Margret and Elvis Presley. His last film was the musical Half a Sixpence (1967) starring Tommy Steele for Paramount Pictures. Sidney also directed and produced for television most notably Who Has Seen the Wind (1964). He financed and founded Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1944. He was a two-term president, 1951-1959 and 1961-1967, of the Directors Guild of America (DGA), earlier known as the Screen Directors Guild (SDG).

In his personal life, Sidney was married in 1942 to legendary MGM drama coach, Lillian "Burnsie" Burns Salzer (1903-1998). He was eight years her junior. They lived at the Sidney home (1140 Tower Road) in Beverly Hills. They divorced in the mid 1970s. For a brief time Sidney maintained a penthouse apartment for George Sidney Productions at 144 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills. He maintained a suite (301) in the Palm Wilshire Building, 9201 Wilshire Boulevard in the 1970s. He married his second wife, Jane Adler Robinson (?-1991), second wife and widow of actor Edward G. Robinson (1893-1974), around 1978. The house at 1140 Tower Road was sold and Sidney moved to the Robinson home at 910 Rexford Drive in Beverly Hills. Sidney married his third wife, Corinne Kegley Entratter (1937-?), widow of showman and Las Vegas entrepreneur John Entratter, in 1991. Sidney was a prolific photographer. He collected art and was apparently an avid gardener. He was a member of the Royal Horticultural Society. He died in Las Vegas, Nevada in May 2002.

Related Materials:: The Harry Warren Collection, AC0750

The Groucho Marx Collection, AC0269

Sidney related artifacts from Sidney's films are housed in the Division of Culture and the Arts, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian. There are scrapbooks donated by the Sidney Estate in the collection of the Cinema-Television Library, Doheny Library, University of Southern California, consisting of eleven volumes containing photographs, correspondence, publicity documents, and other materials, circa 1933-1963.

Provenance:: This collection was donated to the Archives Center in 2005 by Corinne Entratter Sidney, widow of George Sidney.

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research but is stored off-site. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with cotton gloves. Researchers may use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis and as resources allow.

Viewing film portions of the collection requires special appointment, please inquire; listening to LP recordings is only possible by special arrangement.

Special arrangements required to view materials in cold storage. Using cold room materials requires a three hour waiting period.

Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:: The Archives Center does not own exclusive rights to these materials. All requests for permission to use these materials for non-museum purposes must be addressed directly to the Archives Center, and the Archives Center will forward the request to the copyright holder. Collection items are available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Reproduction permission from Archives Center: fees for commercial use.

Topic:: Motion picture production and direction Search this; Motion picture producers and directors Search this; Motion pictures Search this; Vaudeville Search this; Musicals Search this