Norman Panama

Sceneggiatore, Produttore, Regista

21 aprile 1914 — 13 gennaio 2003 (88 anni)
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Norman Panama (April 21, 1914 – January 13, 2003) was an American screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. He collaborated with a former school friend, Melvin Frank, to form a writing partnership which endured for three decades. He also wrote gags for comedians such as Bob Hope's radio program and for Groucho Marx.

The most famous films Panama directed were Li'l Abner (1959), the Danny Kaye film The Court Jester (1956), and Bob Hope's How to Commit Marriage (1969). He wrote Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), Road to Utopia (1946), and The Court Jester, among other movies.

He won an Edgar Award for A Talent for Murder (1981), a play he co-wrote with Jerome Chodorov.

Panama continued to write and direct through the 1980s. He died in 2003 in Los Angeles, California from complications due to Parkinson's disease.

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Film e Serie su Plex

  • Il pirata e la principessa
    Il pirata e la principessa1944
  • Il villaggio più pazzo del mondo
    Il villaggio più pazzo del mondo1959
  • Un pizzico di follia
    Un pizzico di follia1954

Famoso per

  • Bianco Natale
    Bianco Natale1954
  • Il giullare del re
    Il giullare del re1955
  • Finalmente a casa
    Finalmente a casa2007
  • I cercatori d'oro
    I cercatori d'oro1946
  • Astronauti per forza
    Astronauti per forza1962
  • Un adulterio difficile
    Un adulterio difficile1960
  • Il villaggio più pazzo del mondo
    Il villaggio più pazzo del mondo1959
  • Un pizzico di follia
    Un pizzico di follia1954
  • Strani compagni di letto
    Strani compagni di letto1965
  • Due assi nella manica
    Due assi nella manica1966
  • L'uomo dei miei sogni
    L'uomo dei miei sogni1947
  • Callaway Went Thataway
    Callaway Went Thataway1951
  • I ribelli del Kansas
    I ribelli del Kansas1959
  • L'agguato
    L'agguato1959
  • Sotto le stelle di Hollywood
    Sotto le stelle di Hollywood1943
  • Il prezzo del dovere
    Il prezzo del dovere1952
  • How to Commit Marriage
    How to Commit Marriage1969
  • Testa rossa
    Testa rossa1950
  • Lo scorpione d'oro
    Lo scorpione d'oro1942
  • Monsieur Beaucaire
    Monsieur Beaucaire1946

Filmografia

2007
Are We Done Yet? · as Original Film Writer
1983
1976
1966
1962
1960
The Facts of Life · as Screenplay
1959
Li'l AbnerSu Plex
1959
1956
1955
The Court Jester · as Screenplay
1954
1954
1952
1951
1951
1950
1948
1948
1947
It Had to Be You · as Screenplay
1946
Monsieur Beaucaire · as Screenplay
1946
1945
Road to Utopia · as Screenplay
1945
Duffy's Tavern · as Screenplay
1944
The Princess and the Pirate · as ScreenplaySu Plex
1944
And the Angels Sing · as Screenplay
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars · as Screenplay
1943
Happy Go Lucky · as Screenplay
1942
Star Spangled Rhythm · as Screenplay

2003
The 75th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute
1950

1973
Coffee, Tea or Me? · as Teleplay
1965
Strange Bedfellows · as Story
1948
A Southern Yankee · as Story
1942
My Favorite Blonde · as Story