MARK SANDRICH

http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-Ri-Sc/Sandrich-Mark.html
a nice reference and overview of director MARK SANDRICH...another director NOT listed in 501 DIRECTORS by Steven J. Schneider...the author discusses some causes and reasons for his anonymity...some would say "one-dimensional" film maker...early death at age 45...collapse of the studio system....star-filled films that eclipsed his directorial skills...I would argue that he made wonderful niche films....basically invented the ASTAIRE/ROGERS chemistry....produced quality and successful films...if you do not believe me, check out these five gems!!
#1. THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)... the first ASTAIRE/ROGERS pairing has a little more plot than most...still has it's share of music and dance...based on the broadway play THE GAY DIVORCE....great songs, including "CONTINENTAL" & "NIGHT AND DAY"...good support from ERIK RHODES & ERIC BLORE...
#2. TOP HAT (1935).... my favorite ASTAIRE/ROGERS vehicle...minimal plot based on "mistaken identity"...a ton of wonderful IRVING BERLIN songs, including "CHEEK TO CHEEK" & "PICCOLINO"....BLORE & RHODES return for comedic relief....look for LUCY!!!
#3. FOLLOW THE FLEET (1936)... a small step down from the high level TOP HAT...plot involves two sailors (FRED ASTAIRE & RANDOLPH SCOTT) romancing two sisters (GINGER ROGERS & HARRIET HILLIARD(NELSON)...based on the IRVING BERLIN musical HIT THE DECK...LUCY as "KITTY"!!!!
#4. SHALL WE DANCE (1937)... an equal in brilliance to TOP HAT..flimsy plot, to say the least....it is really all about the Gershwins..."YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME"...THEY ALL LAUGHED"..."LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF"..
#5. HOLIDAY INN (1942)... sorry..no GINGER...fred and bing crosby try to run an inn that is only open for "the holidays" (it ain't Shakespeare), setting up a song and dance session for virtually every known HOLIDAY, including GEORGE WASHINGTON... a bevy of IRVING BERLIN songs with BING singing the academy award winning "WHITE CHRISTMAS"....

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Richard Nixon, if he were alive today, might take bittersweet satisfaction to know that he was not the last smart president to prolong unjustifiably a senseless, unwinnable war, at great cost in human life. (And his aide Henry Kissinger was not the last American official to win an undeserved Nobel Peace Prize.) He would probably also feel vindicated (and envious) that ALL the crimes he committed against me–which forced his resignation facing impeachment–are now legal. That includes burglarizing my former psychoanalyst's office (for material to blackmail me into silence), warrantless wiretapping, using the CIA against an American citizen in the US, and authorizing a White House hit squad to "incapacitate me totally" (on the steps of the Capitol on May 3, 1971). All the above were to prevent me from exposing guilty secrets of his own administration that went beyond the Pentagon Papers. But under George W. Bush and Barack Obama,with the PATRIOT Act, the FISA Amendment Act, and (for the hit squad) President Obama's executive orders. they have all become legal. There is no further need for present or future presidents to commit obstructions of justice (like Nixon's bribes to potential witnesses) to conceal such acts. Under the new laws, Nixon would have stayed in office, and the Vietnam War would have continued at least several more years. Likewise, where Nixon was the first president in history to use the 54-year-old Espionage Act to indict an American (me) for unauthorized disclosures to the American people (it had previously been used, as intended, exclusively against spies), he would be impressed to see that President Obama has now brought five such indictments against leaks, almost twice as many as all previous presidents put together (three). He could only admire Obama's boldness in using the same Espionage Act provisions used against me–almost surely unconstitutional used against disclosures to the American press and public in my day, less surely under the current Supreme Court–to indict Thomas Drake, a classic whistleblower who exposed illegality and waste in the NSA. Drake's trial begins on June 13, the 40th anniversary of the publication of the Pentagon Papers. If Nixon were alive, he might well choose to attend.

from a recent CNN interview...

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ODDS & ENDS

SALUTADOS A LOS PERROS!!!

1) The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. -Anonymous
2) Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. -Ann Landers
3) If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. -Will Rogers
4) There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. -Ben Williams
5) A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. -Josh Billings
6) We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made. -M. Acklam
7) Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate. -Sigmund Freud
8) I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. -Rita Rudner
9) A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. -Robert Benchley
10) Dogs need to sniff the ground; it's how they keep abreast of current events. The ground is a giant dog newspaper, containing all kinds of late-breaking dog news items, which, if they are especially urgent, are often continued in the next yard. -Dave Barry
11) Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog. -Franklin P. Jones
12) If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise. -Unknown
13) My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $3.00 a can. That's almost $21.00 in dog money. -Joe Weinstein
14) Ever consider what our dogs must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul -- chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth! -Anne Tyler
15) Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein
16) Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -Groucho Marx
17) Speak softly and own a big, mean Doberman. -Dave Miliman
18) If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. -Mark Twain
19) Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. -Roger Caras
20) If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them. -Phil Pastoret
21) My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. -- an OleHoss
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NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD??

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does anyone really care what this mummy/zombie thinks?????
or when DICK CHENEY speaks, does anyone listen???

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#1. STAGECOACH (1939)… the genesis of the “modern” western…JOHN FORD…MOUNUMENT VALLEY…great story…great action…JOHN WAYNE solid as “the ringo kid”..with a script by DUDLEY NICHOLS..


#2. MANHATTAN MELODRAMA (1934)… directed by W.S. van Dyke…aka “woody”..or “one-shot”…good story and acting trio of GABLE, LOY & W. POWELL…film made famous by the infamous JOHN DILLINGER!!!

#3. THE CAINE MUTINY (1954)… an under-rated masterpiece…my favorite BOGIE flick of the 50s…directed by EDWARD DMYTRYK during the HUAC disaster…from the Pulitzer prize winning novel of HERMAN WOUK…top notch supporting cast..

#4. A RAISIN IN THE SUN (1961)… wonderful slice of life story…all black cast featuring SIDNEY POITIER, RUBY DEE, IVAN DIXON and a young LOUIS GOSSETT…

#5. THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)… only LUBITSCH could have pulled this one off…scripted by the famous SAMSON RAPHAELSON from the play PARFUMERIE..and you will believe JIMMY STEWART as a denizen of BUDAPEST…really…

#6. THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952)… supposedly based on the life of DAVID O. SELZNICK…wonderful cast…story …dialogue..characters…even LANA TURNER is good…

#7. TOP HAT (1935)… my favorite ASTAIRE/ROGERS pairing…great dance numbers and a ton of IRVING BERLIN songs…from under-rated director MARK SANDRICH…

#8. REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940)…from director MITCHELL LEISEN…script by PRESTON STURGES. .a good movie made interesting by the pre DOUBLE INDEMNITY pairing of MacMurray and Stanwyck…

#9. KING SOLOMON’S MINES (1950)…. get this…a remake better than the original…good acting by STEWART GRANGER…from the over the top novel by H. RIDER HAGGARD…plus it has DEBORAH KERR…

#10. THE RED BALLOON (1956)… famous whimsical French short film..one of a kind!!!!!

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little liar caught with pants on fire...thanx RUSS BAKER!!!

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