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Norman Taurog - filmography


  • Tickle Me on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Elvis Presley,  Julie Adams,  Jocelyn Lane
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Elvis just happens to land a summer job working at a dude ranch completely staffed by pretty cowgirls, but falls in love with the club's lovely owner. Featured hits include 'Slowly But Surely', 'Put the Blame on Me' and 'Night Riders'.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 71 members
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  • Girls, Girls, Girls on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Elvis Presley,  Stella Stevens,  Jeremy Slate
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Elvis stars as Ross Carpenter, a fishing guide. Trouble arises for him when he has to get his dad's fishing boat out of hock by singing songs in a local dive. As usual, he's besieged by girls, too, including Laurel, a little rich girl spending the summer by the shore, and Robyn, a tough club singer...read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 464 members
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  • Blue Hawaii on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Elvis Presley,  Angela Lansbury,  Roland Winters
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In a return to musical comedy after several dramatic roles, Elvis Presley stars in this vehicle tailored to his singing talents. Chad Gates (Presley) returns home to Honolulu after a stint in the service. He shows little interest in working for his overbearing parents' pineapple plantation, much to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,138 member
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  • G.I. Blues on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Elvis Presley,  Juliet Prowse,  James Douglas
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The first film Elvis made after his stint in the army, G.I. BLUES tells the musical tale of Tulsa (Presley), a singing G.I stationed in West Germany who dreams of opening his own club when he gets out of the service. He has very little money, though, so he makes a large bet with fellow serviceman ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 911 members
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  • Pardners (1956)
    Starring: Dean Martin,  Jerry Lewis
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Martin and Lewis unite for another raucous comedy numbers, this time poking fun at the Western genre.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 121 members
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  • Living It Up (1954)
    Starring: Dean Martin,  Jerry Lewis,  Janet Leigh
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Wally Cooper is a journalist with a nose for a good story. Following up on a lead she sets out to interview Homer Flagg a young man from New Mexico believed to be dying of radioactive poisoning. But before the two have a chance to meet Homer learns from his doctor that the diagnosis was a mistake ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 100 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 65% from 237 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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  • The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer on DVD (1938)
    Starring: Charles Richman,  Tommy Kelly,  Ann Gillis
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    After accidentally witnessing a murder, Tom and his pals Huck and Joe run away to become pirates, swearing to never reveal their secret. But when a man is wrongfully accused of the deed, they know they've got to come forward with the truth. A faithful adaptation of the Twain novel, with the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 289 members
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  • Mad About Music on DVD (1938)
    Starring: Deanna Durbin,  Herbert Marshall,  Gail Patrick
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Deanna Durbin plays the neglected daughter of a film star kept from the press in a Swiss boarding school where she invents a handsome explorer father to impress her schoolmates. Pressed into proving he exists, she convinces a stranger who happens to be a composer to play the part of her father, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 157 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 238 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
Judy Garland - 2 times - show films
Dean Martin - 2 times - show films
Jerry Lewis - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

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