Sidney Shorr: A Girl'S Best Friend
Brief Synopsis
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Tony Randall is a lonely, middle-aged artist who shares his Manhattan brownstone with a young lady in a platonic relationship, and when she becomes pregnant by a married man, decides to raise her child as his own in this poignant comedy that evolved into the well-received series, "Love, Sidney" (198
Cast & Crew
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Russ Mayberry
Director
Tony Randall
Sidney Shorr
Lorna Patterson
Laurie Morgan
David Huffman
Jimmy
Kaleena Kiff
Patti
Ann Weldon
Judge Wilcox
Film Details
Also Known As
Girl's Best Friend, A
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1981
Production Company
NBC Entertainment; Panavision, Ltd.
Location
Burbank Studios, Burbank, California, USA; New York City, New York, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
Tony Randall is a lonely, middle-aged artist who shares his Manhattan brownstone with a young lady in a platonic relationship, and when she becomes pregnant by a married man, decides to raise her child as his own in this poignant comedy that evolved into the well-received series, "Love, Sidney" (1981-82). Much was made of the fact that the lead character's homosexuality was skirted entirely in this film and only briefly touched on in the series, based on a story by Marilyn Cantor Baker, daughter of comedian Eddie Cantor. An Emmy Award nomination went to Oliver Hailey for his teleplay to the film.
Director
Russ Mayberry
Director
Cast
Tony Randall
Sidney Shorr
Lorna Patterson
Laurie Morgan
David Huffman
Jimmy
Kaleena Kiff
Patti
Ann Weldon
Judge Wilcox
John Lupton
Frank
Tom Villard
Eric
Betty Carvalho
Nurse
Tom Ficcello
Reese
Martin Rudy
Mallory
Daniel Grace
Crew
John Anderson
Assistant Director
Charles G Arnold
Director Of Photography
Marilyn Cantor Baker
From Story
Jim Benson
Editor
Richard E. Brooks
Director Of Photography (New York)
Anthony J Cerbone
Unit Production Manager (New York)
George Eckstein
Producer
Steve Ellsworth
Wardrobe
Carolyn Ferguson
Hair Stylist
Billy Goldenberg
Music
Bob Gullickson
Set Decorator
Oliver Hailey
Screenwriter
Henry Kline
Unit Production Manager
Bobbie Mannix
Costume Designer
Eugene Marks
Music Editor
Vivia Mcrae
Casting
Debra Michaelson
Assistant Director
Gloria Morgan
Script Supervisor
Maria Padilla
Associate Producer
Norman Page
Makeup Artist
Richard Raguse
Sound Mixer
Aida Swenson
Wardrobe
Frank Swig
Art Director
Jim Troutman
Sound Effects Editor
Jim Zemansky
Property Master
Film Details
Also Known As
Girl's Best Friend, A
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1981
Production Company
NBC Entertainment; Panavision, Ltd.
Location
Burbank Studios, Burbank, California, USA; New York City, New York, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States October 5, 1981
TV rating: TV-PG
