21-615: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, Inc. was, during the 1920s, one of the largest music publishers of popular sheet music in the country. The firm was based in New York City. What began as the Ted Snyder Company in 1908 evolved into Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, Inc. , in 1917 when its founder, Ted Snyder (1881–1965), took on two partners – Henry Waterson (1873–1933) and Irving Berlin (1888–1989). Berlin had been Ted Snyder's staff lyricist since 1909. Snyder left
42-417: A hotel. When Justine gets home, Phil, Bubba, and Bubba's new girlfriend are waiting to celebrate the baby news. A doctor phones Phil to tell him that his sperm, recently tested for fertility, is "no good.” Bubba assures Phil that the doctors made a mistake. The next morning, Justine packs a suitcase and assesses whether she should stay or run away with Holden. At Retail Rodeo, she tells her manager where Holden
63-518: A later generation through hits such as 1921's "The Sheik of Araby" recorded by several artists including Duke Ellington (in 1932 ), Benny Goodman (in 1937), and The Beatles (in 1962, Decca Audition). The most notable of Snyder's works is " Who's Sorry Now? " written in 1923 in collaboration with Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby . "Who's Sorry Now?" became a No.1 hit on the UK Singles Chart for Connie Francis in 1958 and went to No. 4 on
84-414: A motel, where they have sex. Justine's marriage deteriorates as her affair with Holden continues. One night, she spots Bubba's truck in the motel parking lot. Convinced he knows, she tells Holden at work that she can't see him anymore. Bubba invites Justine to his house and blackmails her into having sex with him. Holden, who is following Justine, sees them through a window. Holden does not show up at work
105-413: A pregnancy test. The results come up positive; Phil is overjoyed, but Justine feels uneasy as she doesn't know who the father is. The following day at work, $ 15,000 is suspected to have been stolen by Holden. Justine is interrogated by her boss Jack about their relationship. Holden later brags about the stolen money to her and his plans for them to run away. He tells her to meet him the following morning at
126-470: A staff writer for his company and the two eventually became business partners. In 1914, Ted Snyder became one of the founding members of ASCAP . Snyder's growing name as a top-line composer led to his compositions being used in stage plays with the first to make it to Broadway in 1908. Following his teaming up with Irving Berlin, the two were hired to perform and sing their music in the 1910 musical Up and Down Broadway . Snyder would become widely known to
147-717: Is forceful and effective - she effortlessly submerges herself into the role, and, after only a moment's hesitation, Aniston has vanished and all that's left is lonely, trapped Justine." Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times wrote, "It's Ms. Aniston who surprises in The Good Girl. In some ways she may feel as trapped as Justine by playing Rachel Green , the poor little rich daddy's girl of television's Friends . She comes up with an inventively morose physicality for Justine: her arms hang at her sides as though shackled; they're not limp appendages but weighed down with unhappiness. The plucky dream girls she's played in movies like
168-458: Is hiding. Later, she watches a news report announcing that the police have surrounded Holden at the hotel in a standoff that results in his suicide. The next day, Bubba tells Justine that Phil saw the motel room on the credit card statement, then begs her not to tell Phil about their encounter. When Justine arrives home, Phil asks if she has been having an affair. When she says, "yes", he strikes her. Phil expresses remorse for hitting her and asks if
189-405: Is hired as a cashier at work, and Justine introduces herself. They spend time together, and she confides that she feels underappreciated at home. Holden becomes smitten with Justine, but when he tries to start sexual activity with her, she rejects him. He writes her a letter saying she will never see him again if she does not meet him at 5 p.m. that day. Though Justine is hesitant, she meets Holden at
210-409: Is smart, funny, and honest, and the breakout performance by Jennifer Aniston who simply embodies her character. Whether or not you are a fan of Aniston, you'll appreciate a look at the real depth she has as an actress and I hope to see her in more films that challenge her as an actress." Roger Ebert gave the film three and a half stars and also praised Aniston's performance, and saying The Good Girl
231-635: The piano as a boy and as a young man returned to Illinois to work in Chicago as a pianist in a café before being employed by a music publishing company. Snyder moved to New York in 1904 after working in Chicago plugging musical compositions. In 1907, Snyder had his first musical composition published and the following year set up his own music publishing business in New York City . He gave Irving Berlin his first break in 1909 when he hired him as
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#1732780050027252-540: The 2002 Sundance Film Festival , and released to theatres on August 7, 2002, in the United States. Justine Last is a bored thirty-year-old woman living in small-town Texas with her husband Phil, a house painter who spends most of his free time smoking marijuana with his best friend, Bubba. Phil wants to start a family with Justine, but she is not ready. Justine works at Retail Rodeo, the local big-box store , with Cheryl, Gwen, and security guard Corny. Holden
273-928: The American Billboard charts . In 2000, it was named one of the Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry Association of America . In 1930, Snyder retired from the songwriting business and moved to California , where he opened a Hollywood nightclub. As of 2007 , his compositions have been used in about twenty-two motion pictures from 1926's The Sheik of Araby , to the 1946's Marx Brothers ' A Night in Casablanca , to 1979's All That Jazz , to 2002's The Good Girl . Ted Snyder died in 1965 in Woodland Hills and
294-453: The baby is his. Justine assures him he is the father. Phil still insists on knowing who she had an affair with, and when he asks if it was with Corny the security guard, Justine lies and says yes. At work the next morning, Corny has a bruised face and his arm in a sling. Cheryl informs Justine that after Bible study the previous night, two guys with painted faces jumped him. As the movie concludes, Justine still works at Retail Rodeo. Phil brings
315-591: The company in 1927 to move to California. Waterson, Berlin & Snyder went bankrupt in 1929; and, as part of the bankruptcy sale, Jack Mills, of Mills Music, Inc. , purchased its catalog for $ 5000. It was rare for black composers to be involved in Tin Pan Alley, which, for Mills Music, represented a business opportunity. Through subsidiaries (such as Milsons, Exclusive, Grand, and American Academy of Music), Mills marketed Duke Ellington to different audiences. This strategy helped elevate Mills as major player in
336-725: The music publishing business. Ted Snyder Theodore Frank Snyder (August 15, 1881 in Freeport, Illinois – July 16, 1965 in Woodland Hills, California ), was an American composer , lyricist , and music publisher. His hits include " The Sheik of Araby " (1921) and " Who's Sorry Now? " (1923). In 1970, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame . As of 2007 , his compositions have been used in more than twenty motion pictures. Born in Freeport, Illinois , Snyder grew up in Boscobel, Wisconsin . He learned to play
357-408: The newborn baby to Justine. She lovingly holds the child, and the couple seems content. The Good Girl was well received by most critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports an 82% approval rating, based on reviews from 159 critics. The site's consensus reads, "A dark dramedy with exceptional performances from Jennifer Aniston and Jake Gyllenhaal, The Good Girl is a moving and astute look at
378-475: The next day but is drunkenly waiting in Justine's car when her shift ends. He calls her a whore and demands an apology, offering to kill her husband to free her from her marriage. Justine becomes desperate to extricate herself from their relationship. Talking to his parents, she tells them that he is mentally ill and has imagined a romantic liaison between them. That night after feeling unwell all day, Justine takes
399-512: The passions of two troubled souls in a small town." Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a "generally favorable" average score of 71, based on 35 reviews. Much critical praise went to Jennifer Aniston for her against- type performance. Ella Taylor of LA Weekly opined it is "especially gratifying to see her play a woman who's had it up to here with making nice, and making do." Critic James Berardinelli wrote, "Her performance
420-402: The underseen 1999 classic Office Space are expressive and given to anxious displays of hand waving. But here she articulates Justine's sad tales through a narration that's as affected and misery laden as Holden's ragged, ripped-off fiction." Writing for DVD Talk, Geoffrey Kleinman said, "There are two things which make The Good Girl work so well: the fantastic script by Mike White, which
441-628: Was interred in the Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, California . In 1970, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame . In 1985, the heirs to his music copyrights were party to Mills Music, Inc. v. Snyder . The Good Girl The Good Girl is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Miguel Arteta from a script by Mike White . The film stars Jennifer Aniston , Jake Gyllenhaal and John C. Reilly . The Good Girl premiered at
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