Everyday People [DVD] TV and superb direction by Mitchell

and superb direction by Mitchell Leisen

Featuring a dazzling performance by Marlene Dietrich

Despite Jess' talents as an artist

a new mother (Mary Steenburgen) and a 10-year-old brother who doesn't believe in Santa Claus or elves

Raymond Hatton portrays John's jailbird pal

Everyday People [DVD] TV and superb direction by MitchellThis intimate ensemble drama tells the interconnected stories of a group of racially diverse New Yorkers who rub elbows in Raskin's, a venerable Brooklyn diner and NYC institution whose Jewish owner has just revealed he plans to sell off the place to make way for condominiums and newer, more "gentrified" establishments. Told over the course of a single workday, the film challenges conventional assumptions about class and racial identity. If you think