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Melvin Frank Biography (1917-1988)
Born 1917, in Chicago, IL; died of complications from open-heart surgery, October 1988, in Los Angeles, CA; married Juliet (second wife); children: Elizabeth, Andrew, James. Career: Screenwriter, director, and producer. Metlong-time collaborator Norman Panama at the University of Chicago, and movedwith him to Los Angeles, CA, in 1938; began career writing for Bob Hope's radio show. Awards, Honors: Academy Award nomination (shared with NormanPanama), best original screenplay, 1946, for The Road to Utopia; Academy Award nomination (shared with Norman Panama), best story and screenplay, 1954, for Knock on Wood; Academy Award nomination (shared with Norman Panama), best story and screenplay written directly for the screen, 1960, forThe Facts of Life; Academy Award nomination (shared with Jack Rose), best story and screenplay based on factual material or material not previouslypublished or produced, Academy Award nomination, best picture, and Golden Globe Award nomination (shared with Jack Rose), best screenplay-motion picture,all 1974, for A Touch of Class..
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Screenwriter, director, producer
- Birth Details
- 1917
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Death Details
- October, 1988
- Los Angeles, California, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
- (With Norman Panama) producer, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., 1948
- Director, The Reformer and the Redhead, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950
- Director, Strictly Dishonorable, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951
- Director and producer, Callaway Went Thataway (also known as The Star Said No), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951
- Director, Above and Beyond, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952
- Director and producer, Knock on Wood, Paramount, 1954
- Director and producer, The Court Jester, Paramount, 1956
- Director, That Certain Feeling, Paramount, 1956
- Director, Li'l Abner, Paramount, 1959
- Director and producer, The Jayhawkers, Paramount, 1959
- Producer, The Trap (also known as The Baited Trap), Paramount, 1959
- Director, The Facts of Life, United Artists, 1960
- Producer, The Road to Hong Kong, United Artists, 1962
- Director and producer, Strange Bedfellows, Universal, 1964
- Producer, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, United Artists, 1966
- Director and producer, Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell, United Artists,1968
- Producer, A Touch of Class, Avco Embassy Pictures Corp., 1973
- Director and producer, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Warner Bros., 1974
- Director, producer, and song lyricist, The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
- Director and producer, Lost and Found, Columbia, 1979
- Director, Walk Like a Man, 1987
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Screenplays
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Star Spangled Rhythm, Paramount, 1942
- (With Norman Panama) My Favorite Blonde, Paramount, 1942
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Happy Go Lucky, Paramount/Republic Pictures, 1943
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Thank Your Lucky Stars, Warner Bros., 1943
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And the Angels Sing, Paramount, 1944
- (With Norman Panama) Road to Utopia, Paramount, 1945
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Duffy's Tavern, Paramount, 1945
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Our Hearts Were Growing Up, Paramount, 1946
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Monsieur Beauclaire, Paramount, 1946
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It Had to Be You, Columbia, 1947
- (Story only) A Southern Yankee (also known as My Hero), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948
- (With Norman Panama) The Return of October (also known as A Date with Destiny), Columbia, 1948
- (With Norman Panama) Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., 1948
- (With Norman Panama) The Reformer and the Redhead, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950
- (With Norman Panama) Strictly Dishonorable, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951
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Callaway Went Thataway (also known as The Star Said No), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951
- (With Norman Panama) Above and Beyond, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952
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White Christmas, Paramount, 1954
- (With Norman Panama) Knock on Wood, Paramount, 1954
- (With Norman Panama) The Court Jester, Paramount, 1956
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Li'l Abner, Paramount, 1959
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The Jayhawkers, Paramount, 1959
- (With Norman Panama) The Facts of Life, United Artists, 1960
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The Road to Hong Kong, United Artists, 1962
- (Story only) Strange Bedfellows, Universal, 1964
- (Story only) Not with my Wife, You Don't, Warner Bros., 1966
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, United Artists, 1966
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Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell, United Artists, 1968
- (With Jack Rose) A Touch of Class, Avco Embassy Pictures Corp., 1973
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The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Warner Bros., 1974
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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
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Lost and Found, Columbia, 1979
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:
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New York Times, October 15, 1988, .*
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