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Norman Krasna
American dramatist, screenwriter, and film director (1909-1984) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 74
Norman Krasna was an American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and film director who penned screwball comedies centered on a case of mistaken identity. Krasna directed three films during a forty-year career in Hollywood.
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I'd Rather Be RichFilm, Writer1962
My GeishaFilm, Writer1960
Let's Make LoveFilm, Writer1956
Bundle of JoyFilm, Writer1954
White ChristmasFilm, Writer1951
Behave Yourself!Film, Producer1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Writer1944Academy Award for Best Writing, Original ScreenplayAward
Bride by MistakeFilm, 1944Writer1943
Princess O'RourkeFilm, Director, Writer1940
It's a DateFilm, Writer1938
The First Hundred YearsFilm, Writer, Producer1937
As Good as MarriedFilm, Writer1935
Four Hours to Kill!Film, Writer1934
Romance in ManhattanFilm, Writer1932
That's My BoyFilm, Writer1909Born7 November 1909People around Norman
Robert Cummings Norman directed Princess O'Rourke (1943)
Mitchell Leisen Directed Four Hours to Kill! (1935)
Jane Wyman Norman directed Princess O'Rourke (1943)
Robert Montgomery Norman produced Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
Dennis O'Keefe Norman wrote Fury and Bombshell
Irving Bacon Norman produced Big City (1937)
Eddie Quillan Norman produced Big City (1937)
Olivia de Havilland Norman directed Princess O'Rourke (1943)
Janet Leigh Norman produced Two Tickets to Broadway (1955)
Charles Coburn Norman directed Princess O'Rourke (1943)
Franchot Tone Norman produced Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
Harry Davenport Norman directed Princess O'Rourke (1943)
Tony Martin Norman produced Clash by Night (1952)
William Demarest Norman produced Big City (1937)
Leon Ames Norman directed The Big Hangover (1950)
Charley Grapewin Norman produced Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
Bess Flowers Norman wrote Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Edward F. Cline Directed Parole Girl and So This Is Africa
Henry Stephenson Norman directed It's a Date (1940)
Joe Pasternak Produced It Started with Eve (1941)
William A. Seiter Directed The Richest Girl in the World (1934)
Edward Buzzell Directed Love, Honor and Oh, Baby! (1933)
Minor Watson Norman directed Princess O'Rourke (1943)
Marilyn Monroe Norman produced Clash by Night (1952)
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The Devil and Miss Jones 1941
Fury 1936
White Christmas 1954
Bachelor Mother 1939
Sunday in New York 1963
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Television 1
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He garnered four Academy Award screenwriting nominations, winning once for 1943's Princess O'Rourke, which he also directed. Krasna wrote a number of successful Broadway plays, including Dear Ruth and John Loves Mary.
