

Norman Panama
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April 21, 1914
Chicago, Illinois, USA
January 13, 2003
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Norman Panama (April 21, 1914 – January 13, 2003) was an American screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. He collaborated with a former school friend, Melvin Frank, to form a writing partnership which endured for three decades. He also wrote gags for comedians such as Bob Hope's radio program and for Groucho Marx. The most famous films Panama directed were Li'l Abner (1959), the Danny Kaye film The Court Jester (1956), and Bob Hope's How to Commit Marriage (1969). He wrote Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), Road to Utopia (1946), and The Court Jester, among other movies. He won an Edgar Award for A Talent for Murder (1981), a play he co-wrote with Jerome Chodorov. Panama continued to write and direct through the 1980s. He died in 2003 in Los Angeles, California from complications due to Parkinson's disease. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norman Panama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Filmography


Barnaby and Me

I Will, I Will...For Now

How to Commit Marriage

The Maltese Bippy

The Road to Hong Kong

Li'l Abner

That Certain Feeling

The Court Jester

White Christmas

Knock on Wood

Callaway Went Thataway

Strictly Dishonorable

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Duffy's Tavern
