Technicolor director George Sidney’s former home lists for $1.9 million

The former Las Vegas home of celebrated filmmaker George Sidney, who directed scores of Technicolor musicals for MGM during the 1940s and early ‘50s, is listing for sale at $1.9 million.

Found within the Las Vegas Country Club, the Bauhaus-inspired home was built in 1981. Sidney, who died in 2002 at 85, bought the house in 1998 for $1 million, records show. It has been owned by his family since.

The modern monolith is reached by a stone walkway that ends at a gated courtyard. Groupings of square and glass-block windows are positioned on either side of the wide front of the house. A skywalk overlooks the courtyard.

The roughly 11,000 square feet of living space includes four bedrooms and six bathrooms. The formal living room has a fireplace and a wet bar, and an oversized master suite features three walk-in closets.

There’s also a maid’s room with a kitchenette and a separate entrance.

Outdoors, the a large patio surrounds a swimming pool. Views take in the golf course.

Jean Merkelbach of Engel & Völkers is the listing agent.

Sidney is known for such box office hits as “Anchors Aweigh� (1945), “Annie Get Your Gun� (1950) and “Viva Las Vegas� (1964). He won Academy Awards for the shorts “Quicker’n a Wink� (1940) and “Of Pups and Puzzles� (1941).

He served as president of the Directors Guild from 1951 to 1959 and then again from 1961 to 1967.

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