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Norman Taurog
Filmography
Norman Taurog - filmography
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Tickle Me
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Elvis Presley, Julie Adams, Jocelyn Lane
Director: Norman Taurog
Certificate: 
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.
 
62%
from 76 members
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It Happened at the World's Fair
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood
Director: Norman Taurog
Certificate: 
Bush aviator Mike Edwards (Elvis Presley) and copilot Danny Burke (Gary Lockwood) are a couple of thrill-seeking boys who find themselves grounded in Seattle at the annual World's Fair. While Mike and Danny divide their day among roulette wheels and ferris wheels, they also make time to face down ..read more »
69%
from 87 members
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Girls, Girls, Girls
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Laurel Goodwin, Jeremy Slate, Elvis Presley
Director: Norman Taurog
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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.
62%
from 477 members
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Blue Hawaii
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Nancy Walters, Joan Blackman
Director: Norman Taurog
Certificate: 
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 »
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
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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 »
68%
from 933 members
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Pardners
(1956)
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin
Director: Norman Taurog
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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 »
66%
from 127 members
Currently unavailable
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Little Nellie Kelly
(1940)
Starring: Judy Garland, George Murphy, Charles Winninger
Director: Norman Taurog
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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 »
56%
from 9 members
Currently unavailable
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Broadway Melody of 1940
on DVD
(1940)
Starring: Fred Astaire
Director: Norman Taurog
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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.
66%
from 264 members
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Mad About Music
on DVD
(1938)
Starring: Ma, Jackie Moran, Arthur Treacher
Director: Norman Taurog
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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 »
61%
from 158 members
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Boys Town
on DVD
(1938)
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull
Director: Norman Taurog
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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.
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
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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.
60%
from 300 members
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Skippy
(1931)
Starring: Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Mitzi Green
Director: Norman Taurog
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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.
27%
from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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