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Norman Taurog



Filmography

Norman Taurog - filmography


  • Tickle Me on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Elvis Presley,  Julie Adams,  Jocelyn Lane
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Elvis Presley plays a singing rodeo cowboy who gets himself a job at a ranch-cum-healthfarm with an exclusively female clientele. One of the girls has a treasure map leading to a stash of gold hidden in a ghost town. Elvis has to protect her from potential kidnappers.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 76 members
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  • Girls, Girls, Girls on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Laurel Goodwin,  Jeremy Slate,  Elvis Presley
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    One of the most popular of the Elvis Presley vehicles in which he runs a fishing boat as a hobby. He is also pursued by a throng of girls and can't decide which one he likes the most. His classic song 'Return to Sender' is included in the score.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 477 members
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  • Blue Hawaii on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Angela Lansbury,  Nancy Walters,  Joan Blackman
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Elvis Presley's ode to the exotic island paradise sees him play Chad Gates, an ex-soldier who returns home to Hawaii with three things on his mind: fun, music and girls. Chad's mother, Sarah Lee (Angela Lansbury), wants him to embark on a career in big business, but Chad has other ideas and takes a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,178 member
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  • G.I. Blues on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Elvis Presley,  James Douglas,  Leticia Roman
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Appropriate subject matter for Elvis' first film after he left the army in 1960. Elvis plays a guitar-picking gunner who accepts a bet that he can spend the night with a cabaret dancer, hoping to use the proceeds to open a nightclub. 'Tonight Is So Right For Love' and 'Blue Suede Shoes' are among ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 933 members
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  • Pardners (1956)
    Starring: Jerry Lewis,  Dean Martin
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis re-unite for another raucous comedy, this time poking fun at the Western genre. Wade Kingsley Jr (Lewis), brought up by his rich and doting mother, follows rodeo star Slim Mosely Jr (Martin) back to the old West to learn how to be a cowboy, and all kinds of madcap ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 127 members
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  • Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
    Starring: Judy Garland,  George Murphy,  Charles Winninger
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Irish colleen Nellie is in love with handsome Jerry Kelly, even though her father objects. Nellie and Jerry soon marry and announce plans to move to New York, which again angers Nellie's father. Still, fear of never seeing his daughter again convinces the old man to also head to the States. In New ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 9 members
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  • Broadway Melody of 1940 on DVD (1940)
    Starring: Fred Astaire
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to gives him the name of his partner.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 264 members
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  • Mad About Music on DVD (1938)
    Starring: Ma,  Jackie Moran,  Arthur Treacher
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Musical comedy starring Deanna Durbin as Gloria Harkinson, a lonely girl at an expensive Swiss boarding school. Her father is no longer alive, and her mother (Gail Patrick) is a famous Hollywood actress who, eager to maintain her glamorous mystique, has forbidden her daughter to talk about her at ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 158 members
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  • Boys Town on DVD (1938)
    Starring: Spencer Tracy,  Mickey Rooney,  Henry Hull
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Spencer Tracy won an Oscar for his portrayal of Father Flanagan, who opens Boys Town and dedicates himself to helping juvenile delinquents go straight. Mickey Rooney plays one of the tougher kids, figuring out early on that Flanagan is nobody's fool.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 258 members
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  • The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer on DVD (1938)
    Starring: Charl,  Jackie Moran,  Victor Jory
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A film adaptation of Mark Twain's timeless classic. Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn witness a graveyard murder, and take a blood oath never to reveal what they have seen. However, when the wrong man is accused of the crime, the boys cannot keep silent, and soon the murderer is on their trail.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 300 members
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  • Skippy (1931)
    Starring: Jackie Cooper,  Robert Coogan,  Mitzi Green
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Kids' adventure based on the popular comic strip of the day, in which Skippy befriends a boy called Sooky from the wrong side of town, and tries to help him find a way to keep his dog.
    1.5 stars out of 5 27% from 4 members
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Norman Taurog facts

5 most recent films

Speedway - 3.0 stars
Elvis Presley - Double Trouble - 3.0 stars
Spinout - 3.0 stars
Tickle Me - 3.0 stars
It Happened at the World's Fair - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Boys Town - 3.5 stars
It Happened at the World's Fair - 3.5 stars
G.I. Blues - 3.5 stars
Blue Hawaii - 3.5 stars
Pardners - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Skippy - 1.5 stars
Little Nellie Kelly - 3.0 stars
The Stan And Ollie Collection - Mud And Sand / The Sawmill - 3.0 stars
Bing Crosby Collection - Rhythm On The River / Rhythm On The Range - 3.0 stars
Elvis Presley - Double Trouble - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Elvis Presley - 8 times - show films
Jackie Moran - 2 times - show films
Dean Martin - 2 times - show films
Mickey Rooney - 2 times - show films
Judy Garland - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Victor Schertzinger - 1 times - show films
Gil Pratt - 1 times - show films
Norman - 1 times - show films