Norman Taurog
Director, Actor
- Boys Town (1938)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney
- Bittersweet weepie in which Spencer Tracy won an Oscar as a priest who develops a school for delinquents with a knee–high Mickey Rooney as his…
- Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy…
- The final of the loosely connected BROADWAY MELODY quartet is unusually plot–heavy, but still features glittery dance numbers and a lovely Cole…
- Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Judy Garland, George Murphy
- Filmed version of the hit Broadway musical comedy from 1922 about Irish–American immigrants starring Judy Garland, who was fresh to…
- Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Fay Bainter…
- MGM Musical comedy starring Judy Garland in an early grown–up role as the titular small–town girl who heads to Broadway but struggles to…
- Stooge, The (1951)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen
- Comedy set in the world of 1930's vaudeville, where an egotistical but struggling Broadway performer (Dean Martin) finds success when he hires a…
- Jumping Jacks (1952)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin
- The comic duo of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin make an unlikely pair of paratroopers.
- Caddy, The (1953)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin
- Golf comedy from the Jerry Lewis/Dean Martin stable. Lewis caddies, Martin sings ‘That’s Amore’.
- Living It Up (1954)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Janet Leigh…
- One of the funnier Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis comedies of the 17 they made together. Jerry Lewis plays a stationmaster from provincial New Mexico…
- Pardners (1956)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Agnes Moorehead
- Comic–partners Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis saddle–up for a jaunt in the Old West.
- Speedway (1958)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra
- Elvis Presley musical set in stock–car racing scene. With Nancy Sinatra in the passenger seat.
- Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dina Merrill
- Comedy with Jerry Lewis playing a Junior Navy Officer whose ship mysteriously goes missing years after WWII, and he is called upon to find it right…
- G.I. Blues (1960)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Elvis Presley
- A fond Elvis vehicle in which his guitar–playing G.I. meddles with things a young cadet shouldn't while stationed in Germany. Presley sings…
- Blue Hawaii (1961)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Elvis Presley
- Lush setting for this Elvis vehicle is easy on the eye. The King's least Rock'n'Roll effort.
- It Happened At The World's Fair (1963)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Elvis Presley, Yvonne Craig, Gary Lockwood…
- The King plays a pilot–for–hire who hitchhikes to the World's Fair in Seattle to earn some cash after his plane is seized by the local…
- Spinout (1966)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares
- Musical comedy starring Elvis as a race car driver and singer in a band, whose carefree single life is threatened by the romantic advances of three…
- Double Trouble (1967)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Elvis Presley, Annette Day, John Williams…
- Elvis goes on tour in Europe and gets embroiled with a besotted heiress and an espionage plot. Some good tunes (including "Long Legged Girl") hardly…
- Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Elvis Presley, Michele Carey, Rudy Vallee
- Another musical comedy pairing director Norman Taurog with The King. Elvis plays a playboy pin–up photographer whose carefree life is…