Profile of Norman Taurog on Famous Like Me

Norman Taurog (February 23, 1899 - April 7, 1981) was an American film director. Between 1920 and 1968 he directed over 140 films.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, he directed his young nephew Jackie Cooper in the 1931 film Skippy. During the filming, he threatened to shoot Cooper's dog if the child actor could not cry for the scene, according to Cooper's 1981 autobiography Please Don't Shoot My Dog. Taurog won the 1931 Academy Award for Best Director for the film. He was nominated for Best Director for his 1938 film, Boys Town.

In the 1950s, Taurog concentrated on musical comedies, working with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. In the 1960s, he directed several films starring Elvis Presley.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Norman Taurog has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1600 Vine Street.

Partial filmography

• 1931 - Skippy - with Jackie Cooper
• 1931 - Newly Rich - with Mitzi Green
• 1931 - Huckleberry Finn - with Jackie Cooper
• 1931 - Sooky - with Jackie Cooper and Robert Coogan
• 1932 - The Phantom President - with Claudette Colbert and Jimmy Durante
• 1933 - A Bedtime Story - with Maurice Chevalier
• 1934 - We're Not Dressing - with Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard and George Burns
• 1935 - The Big Broadcast of 1936 - with Ethel Merman, Bing Crosby, Richard Tauber and the first appearance of Dorothy Dandridge
• 1936 - Rhythm on the Range - with Bing Crosby and Frances Farmer
• 1938 - Mad About Music - with Deanna Durbin and Herbert Marshall
• 1938 - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - with Tommy Kelly and Jackie Moran
• 1938 - Boys Town - with Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney
• 1940 - Broadway Melody of 1940 - with Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell
• 1940 - Little Nellie Kelly - with Judy Garland
• 1942 - A Yank at Eton - with Mickey Rooney
• 1943 - Presenting Lily Mars - with Judy Garland and Van Heflin
• 1944 - The Canterville Ghost (1944) co-directed (uncredited) with Jules Dassin and starring Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien
• 1948 - The Bride Goes Wild - with Van Johnson and June Allyson
• 1948 - Words and Music - with June Allyson, Perry Como, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Mickey Rooney, and Cyd Charisse
• 1950 - Please Believe Me - with Deborah Kerr, Robert Walker and Peter Lawford
• 1950 - The Toast of New Orleans - with Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, and David Niven
• 1952 - Room for One More - with Cary Grant
• 1952 - Jumping Jacks - with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin
• 1953 - The Stooge - with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin
• 1953 - The Caddy - with Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin and Donna Reed
• 1954 - Living it up - with Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin and Janet Leigh
• 1955 - You're Never Too Young - with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin
• 1956 - Pardners - with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin
• 1957 - The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown - with Jane Russell
• 1959 - Don't Give Up the Ship - with Jerry Lewis
• 1960 - G. I. Blues - with Elvis Presley
• 1961 - All Hands on Deck - with Pat Boone
• 1961 - Blue Hawaii - with Elvis Presley and Angela Lansbury
• 1962 - Girls! Girls! Girls! - with Elvis Presley and Stella Stevens
• 1963 - It Happened at the World's Fair - with Elvis Presley
• 1965 - Tickle Me - with Elvis Presley
• 1965 - Sergeant Dead Head - with Frankie Avalon
• 1966 - Spinout - with Elvis Presley
• 1967 - Double Trouble - with Elvis Presley
• 1968 - Speedway - with Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra and Bill Bixby
• 1968 - Live a Little, Love a Little - with Elvis Presley

External link

• Norman Taurog at the Internet Movie Database

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