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Norman Taurog

Norman Taurog

Highest Rated: 100% If I Had a Million (1932)

Lowest Rated: 0% G.I. Blues (1960)

Birthday: Feb 23, 1899

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Archetypal "contract," studio director who entered films as an actor, began making comedy shorts, and moved up to features in 1929. Working most often for MGM and Paramount, Taurog specialized in comedies and other light entertainments, though he made several dramas as well, such as "The Beginning or the End" (1947), about the birth of the atomic bomb. By the mid-50s, he began directing formula vehicles for box-office stars such as Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and Elvis Presley.

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THE BEGINNING OR THE END, journalist Frank Coniff, author Robert Considine, Beverly Tyler, Tom Drake, director Norman Taurog, on-set, 1947 THE HOODLUM SAINT, director Norman Taurog, Angela Lansbury, 1946 BOYS TOWN, Mickey Rooney, left, chats with director Norman Taurog, on-set, 1938 THE BIRDS AND THE BEES, George Gobel and director Norman Taurog visited on set by Jerry Lewis, 1956 GIRL CRAZY, Judy Garland and Director Norman Taurog discussing scene on the set, 1943 RHYTHM ON THE RANGE, Bing Crosby stands to cut his birthday cake in the company of his father H.L. Crosby (left) and director Norman Taurog (right), 1936 LITTLE NELLIE KELLY, director Norman Taurog, Judy Garland, producer Arthur Freed on set, 1940
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 65% Live a Little, Love a Little Director - 1968
No Score Yet 52% Speedway Director - 1968
No Score Yet 51% Double Trouble Director - 1967
33% 49% Spinout Director - 1966
No Score Yet 0% Sergeant Deadhead Director - 1965
No Score Yet 60% Tickle Me Director - 1965
29% 43% Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine Director - 1965
No Score Yet 32% Palm Springs Weekend Director - 1963
25% 57% It Happened at the World's Fair Director - 1963
33% 49% Girls! Girls! Girls! Director - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet All Hands on Deck Director - 1961
22% 67% Blue Hawaii Director - 1961
No Score Yet 54% Visit to a Small Planet Director - 1960
0% 69% G.I. Blues Director - 1960
No Score Yet 46% Don't Give Up the Ship Director - 1959
No Score Yet 41% Onionhead Director - 1958
No Score Yet 38% The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown Director - 1957
No Score Yet 52% Pardners Director - 1956
No Score Yet 65% Bundle of Joy Director - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Birds and the Bees Director - 1956
No Score Yet 60% You're Never Too Young Director - 1955
No Score Yet 55% Living It Up Director - 1954
83% 75% The Caddy Director - 1953
No Score Yet 78% The Stooge Director - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Stars Are Singing Director - 1953
No Score Yet 54% Jumping Jacks Director - 1952
No Score Yet 85% Room for One More Director - 1952
No Score Yet 17% Rich, Young and Pretty Director - 1951
No Score Yet 54% The Toast of New Orleans Director - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Please Believe Me Director - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone Director - 1950
No Score Yet 43% That Midnight Kiss Director - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bride Goes Wild Director - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Big City Director - 1948
20% 61% Words and Music Director - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Beginning or the End Director - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hoodlum Saint Director - 1946
100% 74% Girl Crazy Director - 1943
No Score Yet 77% Presenting Lily Mars Director - 1943
No Score Yet 40% A Yank at Eton Director - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Are Husbands Necessary? Director - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Design for Scandal Director - 1941
40% 62% Men of Boys Town Director - 1941
No Score Yet 57% Little Nellie Kelly Director - 1940
80% 80% Broadway Melody of 1940 Director - 1940
No Score Yet 76% Young Tom Edison Director - 1940
No Score Yet 30% Lucky Night Director - 1939
No Score Yet 71% Mad About Music Director - 1938
90% 81% Boys Town Director - 1938
No Score Yet 85% The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Girl Downstairs Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet You Can't Have Everything Director - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fifty Roads To Town Director - 1937
No Score Yet 27% Rhythm on the Range Director - 1936
No Score Yet 14% Strike Me Pink Director - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Reunion Director - 1936
No Score Yet 60% The Big Broadcast of 1936 Director - 1935
No Score Yet 58% We're Not Dressing Director - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet College Rhythm Director - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Director - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Bedtime Story Director - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Way to Love Director - 1933
100% 69% If I Had a Million Director - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hold 'Em Jail Director - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Phantom President Director - 1932
86% 55% Skippy Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Forbidden Adventure Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sooky Director - 1931
83% No Score Yet Huckleberry Finn Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hot Curves Director - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Follow the Leader Director - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sunny Skies Director - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Troopers Three Director - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lucky Boy Director - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet Movieland Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1926
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sawmill Director - 1922
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Show Director - 1922
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bell Hop Director - 1921
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bakery Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1921