Norman Panama
Nascimento : 1914-04-21, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Morte : 2003-01-13
História
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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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Writer
A famed mystery writer and her doctor ex-lover solve her daughter-in-law's murder.
Director
Barnaby and Me is a 1978 Australian TV movie about a girl and her talking koala who are pursued by criminals.
Screenplay
Les Bingham takes umbrage that his ex-wife Katie has a new love in life. What he doesn't know is that her new paramour is lawyer Lou Springer. When Katie's sister Sally arrives and tells the two about her new, hip '70s marriage contract, Les and Katie decide to try to get together again under a more liberal marriage contract, like Katie's sister. But, unfortunately for the couple, the contract is planted with the seeds of self-destruction.
Director
Les Bingham takes umbrage that his ex-wife Katie has a new love in life. What he doesn't know is that her new paramour is lawyer Lou Springer. When Katie's sister Sally arrives and tells the two about her new, hip '70s marriage contract, Les and Katie decide to try to get together again under a more liberal marriage contract, like Katie's sister. But, unfortunately for the couple, the contract is planted with the seeds of self-destruction.
Teleplay
An airline stewardess juggles a life that includes a husband in Los Angeles and another one in London.
Director
An airline stewardess juggles a life that includes a husband in Los Angeles and another one in London.
Director
A young couple decide to live together and they wind up having a baby. They decide they should give the baby up for adoption. The baby's Mother's parents wind up adopting the baby using a fake name.
Director
A man buys a house and comes to believe that not only is the house haunted by werewolves, but a family of vampires lives next door.
Producer
During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he convinces her that Scott has been killed in a plane crash. She soon discovers Scott is alive, but remains happily married to Curtis until Scott re-enters their lives 14 years later.
Screenplay
During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he convinces her that Scott has been killed in a plane crash. She soon discovers Scott is alive, but remains happily married to Curtis until Scott re-enters their lives 14 years later.
Director
During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he convinces her that Scott has been killed in a plane crash. She soon discovers Scott is alive, but remains happily married to Curtis until Scott re-enters their lives 14 years later.
Screenplay
Em Londres, o carrancudo estadista Carter Harrison conhece Toni, uma artista boêmia de temperamento italiano. Os dois se casam impulsivamente e depois descobrem que discordam de tudo. Pouco depois eles se separam. Vamos encontra-los sete anos depois, na véspera, antes que o divórcio se torne definitivo. Depois de se verem novamente, as faíscas são reativadas e passam a noite juntos. A realidade se impõe quando a manhã chega e eles começam a discutir novamente. Mais uma vez, o processo de divórcio está em andamento, até que Carter afirma que uma importante promoção depende do fato de ele ser casado. Ele planeja reconquistar Toni e eventualmente conseguir. Mas ele pode impedi-la de destruir sua carreira, posando como Lady Godiva em um movimento de protesto? (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
Writer
When Chester accidentally memorizes and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, they are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.
Director
When Chester accidentally memorizes and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, they are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.
Producer
Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other's manner grating, they fall in love when thrown together--without their spouses--on vacation. On returning home they try to break things off, only to grow closer. A holiday together will finally settle whether they should end their marriages.
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Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other's manner grating, they fall in love when thrown together--without their spouses--on vacation. On returning home they try to break things off, only to grow closer. A holiday together will finally settle whether they should end their marriages.
Producer
A comedy musical based on the comic strip charcters created by Al Capp. When residents of Dogpatch, USA are notified by the government that they must evacuate because of atomic bomb testing, they try to persuade the government that their town is worth saving. Meanwhile, Earthquake McGoon wants to marry Daisy Mae; Daisy Mae wants to marry Li'l Abner, and Li'l Abner just wants to go fishing.
Writer
A comedy musical based on the comic strip charcters created by Al Capp. When residents of Dogpatch, USA are notified by the government that they must evacuate because of atomic bomb testing, they try to persuade the government that their town is worth saving. Meanwhile, Earthquake McGoon wants to marry Daisy Mae; Daisy Mae wants to marry Li'l Abner, and Li'l Abner just wants to go fishing.
Producer
Before the U.S. Civil War rebel leader Luke Darcy sees himself as leader of a new independent Republic of Kansas but the military governor sends an ex-raider to capture Darcy.
Producer
Lawyer Ralph Anderson arrives in Tula, an amazingly remote town in the desert, as reluctant emissary of mob chief Victor Massonetti, who wants the airstrip clear for his unofficial exit from the country. Ralph's arrival has a profound effect on his estranged father, the sheriff; his brother Tip, an alcoholic deputy; and his ex-sweetheart Linda, now married to Tip. Tension builds as a small army of gangsters takes over the town. Then the situation abruptly changes...
Writer
Lawyer Ralph Anderson arrives in Tula, an amazingly remote town in the desert, as reluctant emissary of mob chief Victor Massonetti, who wants the airstrip clear for his unofficial exit from the country. Ralph's arrival has a profound effect on his estranged father, the sheriff; his brother Tip, an alcoholic deputy; and his ex-sweetheart Linda, now married to Tip. Tension builds as a small army of gangsters takes over the town. Then the situation abruptly changes...
Director
Lawyer Ralph Anderson arrives in Tula, an amazingly remote town in the desert, as reluctant emissary of mob chief Victor Massonetti, who wants the airstrip clear for his unofficial exit from the country. Ralph's arrival has a profound effect on his estranged father, the sheriff; his brother Tip, an alcoholic deputy; and his ex-sweetheart Linda, now married to Tip. Tension builds as a small army of gangsters takes over the town. Then the situation abruptly changes...
Writer
When Larry Larkin's comic strip needs some freshening up, he calls in ghost-writer Francis X. Dignan to help him with the strip. Things get complicated when Francis rekindles his love for his ex-wife, who happens to be Larkin's secretary and soon-to-be wife.
Producer
When Larry Larkin's comic strip needs some freshening up, he calls in ghost-writer Francis X. Dignan to help him with the strip. Things get complicated when Francis rekindles his love for his ex-wife, who happens to be Larkin's secretary and soon-to-be wife.
Director
When Larry Larkin's comic strip needs some freshening up, he calls in ghost-writer Francis X. Dignan to help him with the strip. Things get complicated when Francis rekindles his love for his ex-wife, who happens to be Larkin's secretary and soon-to-be wife.
Producer
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.
Screenplay
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.
Director
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.
Writer
Um dos clássicos absolutos do Natal, este musical conta com os insuperáveis Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen e Rosemary Clooney que cantam temas de Irving Berlin como Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep ou o lendário White Christmas. O filme, sobre dois ex-soldados que tentam montar um espetáculo de Natal na estância de férias de um antigo general, é um semi-remake de Michael Curtiz do também natalício Holiday Inn, de 1942, para o qual foi criado o tema do título e que ganhou então o Óscar de Melhor Canção.
Producer
O Ventríloquo Jerry Morgan vê um outro caso de amor falhar. O motivo: quando o relacionamento chega ao ponto em que é hora de falar sobre o matrimônio, seu boneco Clarence torna-se desprezível e ciumento. Sua noiva Audrey o abandona e Jerry quebra seus dois bonecos, Clarence e Terrence. O fabricante dos bonecos de Morgan é o Sr. Papinek que é membro de uma rede de espionagem que roubou planos secretos para a produção do avião secreto Lafayette. Como Morgan está indo para Zurique, na mesma noite, Papinek decide usar os bonecos de Morgan como correio e esconde os planos secretos nas cabeças dos bonecos. Outra rede de espionagem secreta também quer ter em suas mãos a bagagem de Jerry e eles "também" o perseguem. Além destas duas organizações Jerry também é perseguido pela polícia, que suspeita que ele cometeu um assassinato. O Cômico Nº 1 da Canção e da Dança em seu melhor!
Writer
O Ventríloquo Jerry Morgan vê um outro caso de amor falhar. O motivo: quando o relacionamento chega ao ponto em que é hora de falar sobre o matrimônio, seu boneco Clarence torna-se desprezível e ciumento. Sua noiva Audrey o abandona e Jerry quebra seus dois bonecos, Clarence e Terrence. O fabricante dos bonecos de Morgan é o Sr. Papinek que é membro de uma rede de espionagem que roubou planos secretos para a produção do avião secreto Lafayette. Como Morgan está indo para Zurique, na mesma noite, Papinek decide usar os bonecos de Morgan como correio e esconde os planos secretos nas cabeças dos bonecos. Outra rede de espionagem secreta também quer ter em suas mãos a bagagem de Jerry e eles "também" o perseguem. Além destas duas organizações Jerry também é perseguido pela polícia, que suspeita que ele cometeu um assassinato. O Cômico Nº 1 da Canção e da Dança em seu melhor!
Director
O Ventríloquo Jerry Morgan vê um outro caso de amor falhar. O motivo: quando o relacionamento chega ao ponto em que é hora de falar sobre o matrimônio, seu boneco Clarence torna-se desprezível e ciumento. Sua noiva Audrey o abandona e Jerry quebra seus dois bonecos, Clarence e Terrence. O fabricante dos bonecos de Morgan é o Sr. Papinek que é membro de uma rede de espionagem que roubou planos secretos para a produção do avião secreto Lafayette. Como Morgan está indo para Zurique, na mesma noite, Papinek decide usar os bonecos de Morgan como correio e esconde os planos secretos nas cabeças dos bonecos. Outra rede de espionagem secreta também quer ter em suas mãos a bagagem de Jerry e eles "também" o perseguem. Além destas duas organizações Jerry também é perseguido pela polícia, que suspeita que ele cometeu um assassinato. O Cômico Nº 1 da Canção e da Dança em seu melhor!
Writer
em 1945 no final da segunda guerra mundial, o coronrl pal tibbets recebe uma missao missao especial: a de testar um novo bombardeio, o boeing b-29 superfortress. o que deixa a sua esposa lucy preocupada.
Director
em 1945 no final da segunda guerra mundial, o coronrl pal tibbets recebe uma missao missao especial: a de testar um novo bombardeio, o boeing b-29 superfortress. o que deixa a sua esposa lucy preocupada.
Producer
Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on television. The films are a big hit and the star is in demand. Unfortunately no one can find him. When a lookalike sends in a photo, the marketing team hires him to impersonate Callaway. Things get sticky when the real Callaway eventually shows up.
Writer
Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on television. The films are a big hit and the star is in demand. Unfortunately no one can find him. When a lookalike sends in a photo, the marketing team hires him to impersonate Callaway. Things get sticky when the real Callaway eventually shows up.
Director
Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on television. The films are a big hit and the star is in demand. Unfortunately no one can find him. When a lookalike sends in a photo, the marketing team hires him to impersonate Callaway. Things get sticky when the real Callaway eventually shows up.
Producer
A womanizing opera star is smitten by a young music student.
Writer
A womanizing opera star is smitten by a young music student.
Director
A womanizing opera star is smitten by a young music student.
Producer
A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.
Screenplay
A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.
Director
A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.
Writer
A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite uncle, Willie.
Producer
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.
Screenplay
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.
Screenplay
A chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality.
Screenplay
A bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he masquerades as a dashing nobleman engaged to the princess of Spain.
Writer
Russell and Lynn are a pair of college students in the 1920s. They get mixed up with kind-hearted bootlegger Donlevy who helps them get their boy friends back.
Screenplay
Na virada do século, Duke e Chester, dois artistas de vaudeville, vão ao Alasca para fazer fortuna. No navio para Skagway, eles encontram um mapa para uma mina de ouro secreta, roubada por McGurk e Sperry, um casal de bandidos. Eles se disfarçam de McGurk e Sperry para sair do navio. Enquanto isso, Sal Van Hoyden está no Alasca para tentar recuperar o mapa; tinha sido roubado do pai dela. Ela se apaixona por Ace Larson, que quer roubar a mina de ouro para si. Duke e Chester, McGurk e Sperry, Ace e seus capangas, e Sal, se perseguem por todo o campo, tentando obter o mapa. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
Screenplay
The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.
Screenplay
A princesa Margaret está viajando disfarazada para escapar com suo namorado em lugar de se casar com o homem que seu pai quer para ela. Em alto mar, suo barco é atacado por piratas que conhecem sua identidade e planeam secuestrá-la para pedir ao seu pai um rescate por ela.
Screenplay
The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in performing together, and this plays havoc with the plans of Pop Angel to buy a soy bean farm. They do accept an offer of ten dollars to sing at a dubious night club on the edge of town where a band led by Happy Marshall is playing.
Screenplay
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Screenplay
A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo.
Story
Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch—and is being pursued by Nazi agents.
Screenplay
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. Things get more complicated when Pop agrees to put together a show for the Navy starring Paramount's top contract players.
