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Melvin Frank

Highest Rated: 100% Road to Utopia (1945)

Lowest Rated: 44% The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)

Birthday: Aug 13, 1913

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Began his career, with partner Norman Panama, as a writer for the Bob Hope radio show. The pair graduated to feature film writing in 1942, subsequently collaborating on the Hope/Bing Crosby/Dorothy Lamour "Road" movies as well as a number of noted romantic comedies including "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" (1948), which they also produced. From 1949 onward Frank and Panama alternated directing and producing duties on several films, including the Danny Kaye vehicles "Knock on Wood" (1954) and the especially good "The Court Jester" (1956), before amicably dissolving the partnership in 1960. Each subsequently pursued a successful solo career. Frank's credits gradually became more intermittent but he still helmed some enjoyable comedies, the best of which were probably "Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell" (1968) and "A Touch of Class" (1973).

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Highest rated movies

100% 76% Road to Utopia
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97% 93% The Court Jester
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86% 65% A Touch of Class
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86% 76% Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
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83% 77% A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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60% 39% The Road to Hong Kong
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50% 56% The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
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44% 66% The Prisoner of Second Avenue
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Our Hearts Were Growing Up
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Melvin Frank

Melvin Frank THE JAYHAWKERS, from left: Nicole Maurey, Fess Parker, director Melvin Frank on set, 1959 THE JAYHAWKERS, Nicole Maurey, producer and director Melvin Frank, Fess Parker, producer Norman Panama, on-set, 1959 KNOCK ON WOOD, from left: director/screenwriter Melvin Frank, Sylvia Fine, director/screenwriter Norman Panama, Danny Kaye on set, 1954 STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, Gig Young, Rock Hudson, clowning around with director/writer Melvin Franks' chair, on-set, 1965 THE COURT JESTER, director Melvin Frank, (arms folded), Danny Kaye, (n plumed helmet), on-set, 1956 WALK LIKE A MAN, from left: Howie Mandel, director Melvin Frank, on set, 1987. ©MGM View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 52% Walk Like a Man Director $186.9K 1987
No Score Yet 50% Lost and Found Director,
Producer,
Screenwriter 		- 1979
50% 56% The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox Director,
Producer 		- 1976
44% 66% The Prisoner of Second Avenue Director,
Producer 		- 1975
86% 65% A Touch of Class Director,
Producer 		- 1973
No Score Yet 68% Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1968
83% 77% A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1966
No Score Yet 36% Not With My Wife, You Don't! Writer - 1966
No Score Yet 42% Strange Bedfellows Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1965
60% 39% The Road to Hong Kong Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1962
No Score Yet 60% The Facts of Life Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Trap Producer - 1959
No Score Yet 63% Li'l Abner Director - 1959
No Score Yet 67% The Jayhawkers Director,
Producer,
Screenwriter 		- 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet That Certain Feeling Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1956
97% 93% The Court Jester Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1955
No Score Yet 64% Knock on Wood Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1954
76% 89% White Christmas Writer - 1954
No Score Yet 65% Above and Beyond Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1953
No Score Yet 30% Callaway Went Thataway Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1951
No Score Yet 20% Strictly Dishonorable Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1951
No Score Yet 30% The Reformer and the Redhead Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1950
86% 76% Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Our Hearts Were Growing Up Screenwriter - 1946
100% 76% Road to Utopia Screenwriter - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet And the Angels Sing Screenwriter - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Happy Go Lucky Screenwriter - 1943
No Score Yet 57% Star Spangled Rhythm Writer - 1942