Blue Skies
film by Heisler [1946]
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contribution by Sandrich
- In Mark Sandrich
…began working on the musical Blue Skies (1946) with Astaire and Crosby. During production, however, Sandrich died of a heart attack; Stuart Heisler completed the film.
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discussed in biography
- In Stuart Heisler: Films of the 1940s
Heisler next took over Blue Skies (1946) after the initial director, Mark Sandrich, died. The film was an elaborate Irving Berlin musical with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire; its highlight was the production number “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) was from a Dorothy…
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