Holiday Inn (1942), directed by Mark Sandrich, music by Irving Berlin Mark Sandrich blends story and song so seamlessly that, as Bosley Crowther observed, “one hardly knows where the story ends and a song begins,” a rare feat in the musical form. The film moves with a rhythm of its own, each camera angle, each lighting choice, each musical number is timed to the heartbeat of celebration. Bing Crosby’s voice, the tap of Fred Astaire, the winter light through frosted windows, together shape a holi