Mark Sandrich

Mark Sandrich

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mark Sandrich (birth name: Mark Rex Goldstein) (October 26, 1900 – March 4, 1945) was a Jewish American film director, writer and producer. One of the most gifted and least heralded directors of the 1930s and early 1940s, Sandrich was an engineering student at Columbia University when he started the movie business by accident. When visiting a friend on a film set, he saw that the director had a problem in setting up a shot; Sandrich offered his advice. It worked. He then entered into the movies in the prop department, and became a director specializing in several comedy shorts in 1927. He then made his first feature the next year, but returned to shorts after the sound arrival. In 1933 he directed the Academy Award-winning short, So This Is Harris!. He later returned to feature films, most notably comedies, starring the team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in Hips, Hips, Hooray!. In 1934, Sandrich soon got his first directing assignment on the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers musical The Gay Divorcee, which proved a success. The following year, he directed what is widely regarded as the best movie ever made by the legendary dance team, Top Hat, which excelled in every department, including music and choreography. It was all pulled together seamlessly by Sandrich. After that, several other movies such as Follow the Fleet, Shall We Dance, and Carefree followed. In 1940, Sandrich left RKO for Paramount, which offered him a chance to be not only a director but as well as a producer. He made other several successful films in this capacity, including two with Jack Benny, Buck Benny Rides Again and Love Thy Neighbor, both released in 1940, and the romantic comedy Skylark, starring Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland. However, while all these were hits, it was Holiday Inn in 1942 starring Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby, with music by Irving Berlin that showed Sandrich at his best. The musical/comedy actually started on the eve of America's entry into World War II. It featured sufficient serious overtones to capture the mood of the time, and showed Crosby and Astaire to brilliant advantage as performers who are rivals for the same woman; and it introduced the song "White Christmas", highlighted by the crooner Crosby which remained the biggest selling popular song in history for fifty-two years. So Proudly We Hail! was a Sandrich-produced and directed adaptation of the hit play. It was extremely popular and successful, and featured a pair of performers – Adrian Booth and George Reeves -- whom Sandrich had intended to bring to stardom after the war. However, it wasn't to be. In 1945, while in pre-production on a follow up to Holiday Inn called Blue Skies, starring Bing Crosby and featuring Irving Berlin's music, and serving as president of the Directors Guild, Sandrich died suddenly, of heart failure. He was at this time one of the most trusted and influential directors in Hollywood, respected by his colleagues and the studio management. His sons Mark Sandrich Jr. and Jay Sandrich have gone onto successful careers as directors. His interment was located at Home of Peace Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Sandrich, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title : Mark Sandrich
  • Popularity : 3.219
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1901-10-26
  • Place of Birth : New York City, New York, USA
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Mark Sandrich Movies

  • 1935
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    Top Hat

    Top Hat

    7.273 1935 HD

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  • 1937
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    Shall We Dance

    Shall We Dance

    7.2 1937 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Gay Divorcee

    The Gay Divorcee

    6.9 1934 HD

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  • 1936
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    Follow the Fleet

    Follow the Fleet

    6.846 1936 HD

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  • 1942
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    Holiday Inn

    Holiday Inn

    6.99 1942 HD

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    Holiday Inn

    Holiday Inn

    6.99 1942 HD

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  • 1938
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    Carefree

    Carefree

    6.598 1938 HD

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  • 1944
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    Here Come the Waves

    Here Come the Waves

    5 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    Here Come the Waves

    Here Come the Waves

    5 1944 HD

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  • 1940
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    Buck Benny Rides Again

    Buck Benny Rides Again

    1 1940 HD

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    Buck Benny Rides Again

    Buck Benny Rides Again

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1933
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    Melody Cruise

    Melody Cruise

    5.2 1933 HD

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  • 1934
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    Cockeyed Cavaliers

    Cockeyed Cavaliers

    6 1934 HD

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  • 1941
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    Skylark

    Skylark

    6.8 1941 HD

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    Skylark

    Skylark

    6.8 1941 HD

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  • 1936
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    A Woman Rebels

    A Woman Rebels

    5.8 1936 HD

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  • 1934
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    Hips, Hips, Hooray!

    Hips, Hips, Hooray!

    5.8 1934 HD

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  • 1943
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    So Proudly We Hail

    So Proudly We Hail

    5.5 1943 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Iceman's Ball

    The Iceman's Ball

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1928
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    A Lady Lion

    A Lady Lion

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1940
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    Love Thy Neighbor

    Love Thy Neighbor

    6.5 1940 HD

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    Love Thy Neighbor

    Love Thy Neighbor

    6.5 1940 HD

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  • 1927
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    Hello Sailor

    Hello Sailor

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Gay Nighties

    The Gay Nighties

    3 1933 HD

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  • 1931
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    Scratch-As-Catch-Can

    Scratch-As-Catch-Can

    5 1931 HD

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  • 1932
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    A Slip at the Switch

    A Slip at the Switch

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1933
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    So This Is Harris!

    So This Is Harris!

    5.1 1933 HD

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  • 1933
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    Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

    Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

    7 1933 HD

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  • 1939
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    Man About Town

    Man About Town

    4.5 1939 HD

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  • 1944
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    I Love a Soldier

    I Love a Soldier

    4 1944 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Talk of Hollywood

    The Talk of Hollywood

    5 1929 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Iceman's Ball

    The Iceman's Ball

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1930
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    Moonlight and Monkey Business

    Moonlight and Monkey Business

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1930
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    Moonlight and Monkey Business

    Moonlight and Monkey Business

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1932
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    Hold 'Em Jail

    Hold 'Em Jail

    6.8 1932 HD

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  • 1933
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    Melody Cruise

    Melody Cruise

    5.2 1933 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Druggist's Dilemma

    The Druggist's Dilemma

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1930
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    General Ginsberg

    General Ginsberg

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1930
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    General Ginsberg

    General Ginsberg

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1933
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    So This Is Harris!

    So This Is Harris!

    5.1 1933 HD

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  • 1931
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    Sightseeing in New York

    Sightseeing in New York

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1931
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    Sightseeing in New York

    Sightseeing in New York

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1927
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    The Movie Hound

    The Movie Hound

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1928
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    Sword Points

    Sword Points

    6 1928 HD

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  • 1926
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    Jerry the Giant

    Jerry the Giant

    1 1926 HD

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    Monty of the Mounted

    Monty of the Mounted

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1943
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    So Proudly We Hail

    So Proudly We Hail

    5.5 1943 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Gay Nighties

    The Gay Nighties

    3 1933 HD

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  • 1931
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    False Roomers

    False Roomers

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1932
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    Jitters the Butler

    Jitters the Butler

    6 1932 HD

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  • 1926
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    Napoleon, Jr.

    Napoleon, Jr.

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1927
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    A Midsummer Night's Steam

    A Midsummer Night's Steam

    1 1927 HD

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