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lanfield '' fireside theater '' , 1955 and jane wyman confer on the set of westwood memorial park , los angeles , california 20 june 1972 20 april 1898 sidney landfield jane wyman fireside theater 1955.jpg sidney lanfield
 sidney lanfield
sidney lanfield

sidney lanfield -lrb- april 20 , 1898 -- june 20 , 1972 -rrb- was an american film director known for directing romances and light comedy films and later television programs .
the one-time jazz musician and vaudevillian star started his first directing job for the fox film corporation in 1930 ; he went on to direct a number of films for 20th century fox .
in 1941 , he directed the fred astaire film `` you 'll never get rich '' for columbia pictures , then moved to paramount pictures .
there lanfield worked on a number of film comedies .
he is probably best remembered for directing actor bob hope in a number of films including `` my favorite blonde '' -lrb- 1942 -rrb- , `` let 's face it '' -lrb- 1943 -rrb- , `` where there 's life '' -lrb- 1947 -rrb- , and `` the lemon drop kid '' -lrb- 1951 -rrb- .
lanfield 's most profitable film , however , was the first teaming of basil rathbone and nigel bruce as holmes and watson in 1939 's `` the hound of the baskervilles '' .
in the early 1950s the reputedly strict taskmaster-director moved to television where his vaudeville and comic background in films were put to use in television comedies including `` where 's raymond ? ''
, `` mchale 's navy '' and `` the addams family '' .
lanfield was married to film actress shirley mason from 1927 until his death in 1972 .
he is interred in the westwood village memorial park cemetery in los angeles .
lanfield was also known as sidney landfield .
