Norman Panama

Writer

Norman Panama

Born April 21, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, USADied January 13, 200332 films

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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.

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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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House posterFirst watchMr. Blandings Builds His Dream House19487.0Their style at its most typical, and among their best-rated work.An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
White Christmas poster7.2White Christmas1954The Court Jester poster7.3The Court Jester1955Are We Done Yet? poster5.8Are We Done Yet?2007Road to Utopia poster6.8Road to Utopia1946

Filmography

32 films
  1. 2007Are We Done Yet?Original Film Writer
  2. 1983A Talent for MurderWriter
  3. 1978Li'l Abner in Dogpatch TodayWriter
  4. 1976I Will, I Will...For NowScreenplay
  5. 1973Coffee, Tea or Me?Teleplay
  6. 1966Not With My Wife, You Don't!Screenplay
  7. 1965Strange BedfellowsStory
  8. 1962The Road to Hong KongWriter
  9. 1960The Facts of LifeWriter
  10. 1959Li'l AbnerWriter
  11. 1959The TrapWriter
  12. 1956That Certain FeelingWriter
  13. 1955The Court JesterScreenplay
  14. 1954White ChristmasWriter
  15. 1954Knock on WoodWriter
  16. 1953Above and BeyondWriter
  17. 1951Callaway Went ThatawayWriter
  18. 1951Strictly DishonorableWriter
  19. 1950The Reformer and the RedheadScreenplay
  20. 1948The Return of OctoberWriter
  21. 1948Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream HouseScreenplay
  22. 1947It Had to Be YouScreenplay
  23. 1946Monsieur BeaucaireScreenplay
  24. 1946Our Hearts Were Growing UpWriter
  25. 1946Road to UtopiaScreenplay
  26. 1945Duffy's TavernScreenplay
  27. 1944The Princess and the PirateScreenplay
  28. 1944And the Angels SingScreenplay
  29. 1943Thank Your Lucky StarsScreenplay
  30. 1943Happy Go LuckyScreenplay
  31. 1942My Favorite BlondeStory
  32. 1942Star Spangled RhythmScreenplay