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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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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 70% If I Had a Million
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100% 75% Girl Crazy
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86% 54% Skippy
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86% 81% Boys Town
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83% 76% The Caddy
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83% Huckleberry Finn
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80% 80% Broadway Melody of 1940
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40% 60% Men of Boys Town
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33% 49% Spinout
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33% 49% Girls! Girls! Girls!
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Norman Taurog

Norman Taurog 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 View more photos

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Live a Little, Love a Little 64% 1968 Director Speedway 52% 1968 Director Double Trouble 51% 1967 Director Spinout 33% 49% 1966 Director Sergeant Deadhead 0% 1965 Director Tickle Me 59% 1965 Director Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine 29% 43% 1965 Director Palm Springs Weekend 32% 1963 Director It Happened at the World's Fair 25% 56% 1963 Director Girls! Girls! Girls! 33% 49% 1962 Director All Hands on Deck 1961 Director Blue Hawaii 22% 67% 1961 Director Visit to a Small Planet 44% 1960 Director G.I. Blues 0% 69% 1960 Director Don't Give Up the Ship 46% 1959 Director Onionhead 41% 1958 Director The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown 44% 1957 Director Pardners 50% 1956 Director Bundle of Joy 64% 1956 Director The Birds and the Bees 1956 Director You're Never Too Young 61% 1955 Director Living It Up 56% 1954 Director The Caddy 83% 76% 1953 Director The Stooge 78% 1953 Director The Stars Are Singing 1953 Director
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