- Died suddenly of a heart attack while playing gin rummy with his wife.
- Father of Jay Sandrich and Mark Sandrich Jr..
- American director, qualified as an engineer. In Hollywood from 1922 as a prop man. With RKO (1933-38), he won an Oscar for the short film So This Is Harris (1933). On the strength of this, he advanced to full-length feature direction, specializing in musicals. Directing five of the classic Fred Astaire / Ginger Rogers vehicles, he was particularly noted for his technical skills, his effective synchronizing of action with pre-recorded soundtrack, weaving the dance routines seamlessly into the plot. From 1939-44 he was under contract to Paramount, where his best film was the perennial Christmas favorite Holiday Inn (1942).
- Died of a heart attack 9 days into directing Blue Skies (1946). He was replaced by Stuart Heisler, though Sandrich's footage is said to still remain in the completed film.
- (1943-1944) President of the Screen Directors Guild.
- Died of a heart attack at the age of 44, while working on an adaptation of Irving Berlin's Blue Skies (1946).
- Father-in-law of actress Vanessa Brown.
- Cousin of producer/director Zion Myers and actress Carmel Myers
- Grandfather of Cathy Sandrich Gelfond and David Sandrich.
- Father: Jacob Goldstein; Mother: Clara Jacobson.
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