- Melvin Frank
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Melvin Frank (13 August 1913 in Chicago, Illinois – 13 October 1988 in Los Angeles, California) was an American screenwriter, film producer and film director. He collaborated with a former schoolfriend, Norman Panama to form a writing partnership which endured for 3 decades. He is the father of Elizabeth Frank[1].
Selected Filmography
- My Favorite Blonde (with Norman Panama) (1942) (Story Only)
- Road to Utopia (with Norman Panama) (1946)
- Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (with Norman Panama) (1948)
- White Christmas (with Norman Panama and Norman Krasna) (1954)
- Knock on Wood (with Norman Panama) (1954) (also Co-Director)
- The Court Jester (with Norman Panama) (1956) (also Co-Director)
- Li'l Abner (with Norman Panama) (1959) (also Director)
- The Facts of Life (with Norman Panama) (1960) (also Director)
- The Road to Hong Kong (with Norman Panama) (1962)
- Strange Bedfellows (with Norman Panama and Michael Pertwee) (1965) (also Director)
- Not with My Wife, You Don't! (with Norman Panama, Peter Barnes and Larry Gelbart) (1966)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (with Michael Pertwee) (1966)
- Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (with Denis Norden and Sheldon Keller) (1968) (also Director)
- A Touch of Class (with Jack Rose) (1973) (also Director)
- The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (with Barry Sandler and Jack Rose) (1976) (also Director)
- Lost and Found (with Jack Rose) (1979) (also Director)
- Walk Like a Man (1987) (Director Only)
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Films directed by Melvin Frank 1950s The Reformer and the Redhead (1950) · Strictly Dishonorable (1951) · Callaway Went Thataway (1951) · Above and Beyond (1952) · Knock on Wood (1954) · The Court Jester (1955) · That Certain Feeling (1956) · The Jayhawkers! (1959) · Li'l Abner (1959)1960s 1970s A Touch of Class (1973) · The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) · The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976) · Lost and Found (1979)1980s Walk Like a Man (1987)Categories:- 1913 births
- 1988 deaths
- American screenwriters
- American film biography stubs
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