George ‘Hotsy’ Hamilton II, heir to a meat-packing fortune, returns home from an expedition in the Congo. Read More »
Tag Archives: Norman Taurog
Lucky Night (1939) Norman Taurog, Myrna Loy, Robert Taylor, Joseph Allen
An heiress gets a crash course in the simple life when she marries a penniless man in this comedy. Read More »
Words and Music (1948) Norman Taurog, Mickey Rooney, Tom Drake, June Allyson
Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) Read More »
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934) Norman Taurog, Pauline Lord, W.C. Fields, Zasu Pitts
The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew Read More »
Visit to a Small Planet (1960) Norman Taurog, Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman
Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien who, against his teacher’s will leaves Read More »
A Yank at Eton (1942) Norman Taurog, Mickey Rooney, Edmund Gwenn, Ian Hunter
Mickey Rooney portrays Tim in this fish-out-of-water tale co-scripted by and based Read More »
The Stooge (1952) Norman Taurog, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen
Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his act with a stooge – Ted Rogers Read More »
The Toast of New Orleans (1950) Norman Taurog, Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, David Niven
Snooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this fisherman can sing! Read More »
Mrs. O’Malley and Mr. Malone (1950) Norman Taurog, Marjorie Main, James Whitmore, Ann Dvorak
“Murder-on-the-train” mystery has lawyer Malone chasing his paroled embezzler Read More »
Little Nellie Kelly (1940) Norman Taurog, Judy Garland, George Murphy, Charles Winninger
Irish colleen Nellie is in love with handsome Jerry Kelly, even though her father objects. Read More »
Fifty Roads to Town (1937) Norman Taurog, Don Ameche, Ann Sothern, Slim Summerville
A man hides out in the country to avoid testifying in his friends’ divorce. Read More »
Palm Springs Weekend (1963) Norman Taurog, Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Ty Hardin
Several Los Angeles college students flock to Palm Springs, California for a long Read More »
The Beginning or the End (1947) Norman Taurog, Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, Tom Drake
Docudrama on the development of the first atomic bomb. Read More »
A Bedtime Story (1933) Norman Taurog, Maurice Chevalier, Helen Twelvetrees, Edward Everett Horton
Parisian playboy plays father to an abandoned baby who interferes with his womanizing. Read More »
Sooky (1931) Norman Taurog, Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Jackie Searl
Skippy, son of Dr. Herbert and Mrs. Skinner, adamantly stands by his poor friend Read More »