Norman Panama
Writing
- Born
- April 21, 1914 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- January 13, 2003 (age 88)
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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.
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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.
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Known for
Are We Done Yet?
April 4, 2007
White Christmas
October 14, 1954
The Court Jester
December 24, 1955
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
March 25, 1948
Road to Utopia
February 27, 1946
Thank Your Lucky Stars
September 25, 1943
Knock on Wood
April 6, 1954
The Road to Hong Kong
March 29, 1962
The Jayhawkers!
October 15, 1959
The Facts of Life
November 14, 1960
The Princess and the Pirate
November 17, 1944
My Favorite Blonde
April 2, 1942
Behind the camera36
- 2007Are We Done Yet? Original Film Writer
- 1983A Talent for Murder Writer
- 1978Li'l Abner in Dogpatch Today Writer
- 1977Barnaby and Me Director
- 1976I Will, I Will...For Now Director, Screenplay
- 1973Coffee, Tea or Me? Teleplay, Director
- 1969How to Commit Marriage Director
- 1969The Maltese Bippy Director
- 1966Not With My Wife, You Don't! Director, Screenplay, Producer, Story
- 1965Strange Bedfellows