Norman Panama

Norman Panama (April 21st 1915 with Chicago - January 13rd 2003 with Los Angeles) is a Scénariste, producing Réalisateur and American.

He collaborated with a former friend of school, Melvin Frank, during nearly 30 years, for the writing of scenarios. He also wrote many gags for actors such as Bob Hope or Groucho Marx.

Its most famous works were The Court Jester (1962) of Danny Kaye and How to made Marriage (1969) of Bob Hope. He gained a Edgard Award for has Talent for Murder (1981), Co-writing with Jerome Chodorov.

He died in 2003 following complications of the Parkinson's disease.

Catalog of films

as scenario writer

1977 : Barnaby and Me (TV)
1943: With the Country of the rate/rhythm ( Star spangled rythm )
1943: Happy Go Lucky
1943 : Thank your lucky star ( Thank Your Lucky Stars )
1944: Four flirts and a heart ( And the Angels Sing )
1944: the Princess and the pirate ( The Princess and the Pirate )
1945: Duffy' S Tavern
1946: On the way towards Alaska (Road to Utopia)
1946: Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946 : the Merry barber ( Mr Beaucaire )
1947: It Had to Be You
1948: a million turn-key ( Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House )
1948: The Return off October
1950: a red-headed stubborn person ( To reform and the Redhead )
1951: Strictly Dishonorable
1951 : Callaway Went Thataway
1952 : the Great Secrecy ( Above and Beyond )
1954: Knock one Wood
1954: white Christmas ( White Christmas )
1956: the Buffoon of the king ( The Short Jester )
1956: If I married my wife ( That Certain Feeling )
1959: In the trap ( The Trap )
1959: Li' L Abner
1960: do you Want to fish with me? ( The Facts off Life )
1962: Astronauts in spite of them ( The Road to HongKong )
1973: Coffee, Tea gold Me? (TV)
1976: I Will, I Will… for Now

like realizer

1950 : a red-headed stubborn person ( To reform and the Redhead )
1951: Strictly Dishonorable
1951 : Callaway Went Thataway
1952 : the Great Secrecy ( Above and Beyond )
1954: Knock one Wood
1956: the Buffoon of the king ( The Short Jester )
1956: If I married my wife ( That Certain Feeling )
1959: In the trap ( The Trap )
1962: Astronauts in spite of them ( The Road to HongKong )
1966: Especially not with my wife ( Not with My Wife, You Don' T! )
1969: The Maltese Bippy
1969: How to Commit Marriage
1973: Coffee, Tea gold Me? (TV)
1976: I Will, I Will… for Now

as Producer

1948 : a million turn-key ( Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House )
1950: a red-headed stubborn person ( To reform and the Redhead )
1951: Strictly Dishonorable
1951 : Callaway Went Thataway
1952 : the Great Secrecy ( Above and Beyond )
1954: Knock one Wood
1956: the Buffoon of the king ( The Short Jester )
1956: If I married my wife ( That Certain Feeling )
1959: In the trap ( The Trap )
1959: Violence in Kansas ( The Jayhawkers! )
1959: Li' L Abner
1960: do you Want to fish with me? ( The Facts off Life )
1965: Strange Bedfellows
1966 : Especially not with my wife ( Not with My Wife, You Don' T! )

External bond

Norman Panama on IMDB

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