Movies directed by Norman Taurog (50)
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Palm Springs Weekend (1963) USAGenre: Comedy / Drama Release: 1963 November, 5 Set in Palm Springs during a long, fun-filled weekend where several Los Angeles college students flock to spring break, centering on Jim who finds romance with Bunny, the daughter of Palm Springs harried, stressed, police chief... IMDb: 5.9/10 (1 303) |
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It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) USA Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance Release: 1963 April, 3 Mike and Danny fly a crop duster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff seizes it... IMDb: 6.1/10 (3 389) |
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Bundle of Joy (1956) USA Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance Release: 1956 December, 12 After finding a baby outside an orphanage, a salesgirl receives sympathy from those around her, including her boss' son, as they all assume the baby is hers... IMDb: 6.0/10 (1 545) |
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The Birds and the Bees (1956) USA Genre: Comedy / Romance Release: 1956 April, 22 George 'Hotsy' Hamilton II, heir to a meat-packing fortune, returns home from an expedition in the Congo... IMDb: 5.4/10 (272) |
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Living It Up (1954) USA Genre: Comedy Release: 1954 July, 15 Pretty Wally Cooper, a reporter for the New York Chronicle convinces her editor to let her do a series of articles on Homer Flagg, a young man from New Mexico who is believed to be dying as a result of radioactive poisoning... IMDb: 6.5/10 (1 851) |
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Room for One More (1952) USA Genre: Comedy Release: 1952 January, 10 Anne and "Poppy" Rose are the average American family, with three quirky kids... IMDb: 7.2/10 (3 381) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Please Believe Me (1950) USA Genre: Comedy / Romance Release: 1950 May, 12 Alison Kirbe of London, receives a telegram from Texas, that she has inherited a livestock ranch... IMDb: 5.7/10 (688) |
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That Midnight Kiss (1949) USA Genre: Musical / Romance Release: 1949 September, 22 In Philadelphia, the soprano Prudence Budell returns from Europe after a period of five years training in the best Europeans music schools... IMDb: 6.5/10 (676) |
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Words and Music (1948) USA Genre: Biography / Comedy / Musical Release: 1948 December, 9 Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, through lean years and their breakthrough, to their successes on Broadway, London, and Hollywood... IMDb: 6.4/10 (1 645) |
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Big City (1948) USA Genre: Drama Release: 1948 March, 25 An abandoned baby is raised by three men: the Rev... IMDb: 6.3/10 (383) |
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The Bride Goes Wild (1948) USA Genre: Comedy / Romance Release: 1948 March, 3 McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers... IMDb: 6.2/10 (544) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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The Beginning or the End (1947) USA Genre: Biography / Drama / History / War Release: 1947 February, 19 Docudrama on the development of the first atomic bomb... IMDb: 6.6/10 (833) |
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The Hoodlum Saint (1946) USA Genre: Drama / Music Release: 1946 April, 4 A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected... IMDb: 6.1/10 (854) |
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Presenting Lily Mars (1943) USA Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance Release: 1943 April, 29 Talented small-town girl Lily Mars hounds producer John Thornway for a part in his new play, but he doesn't want anything to do with stage-struck amateurs... IMDb: 6.8/10 (1 418) |
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Girl Crazy (1943) USA Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance Release: 1943 November, 26 Rich kid Danny Churchill (Rooney) has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education... IMDb: 6.8/10 (2 426) |
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A Yank at Eton (1942) USA Genre: Comedy / Family Release: 1942 September, 1 Mickey Rooney portrays Tim in this fish-out-of-water tale co-scripted by and based on a story by A Yank at Oxford screenwriter George Oppenheimer... IMDb: 6.2/10 (513) User Rating: /10 Votes: 2 |
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Men of Boys Town (1941) USA Genre: Drama Release: 1941 April, 10 Mr... IMDb: 6.6/10 (1 335) User Rating: /10 Votes: 2 |
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Design for Scandal (1941) USA Genre: Comedy / Romance Release: 1941 December, 1 To save his job, newsman Jeff Sherman offers to help his boss get out of a swingeing alimony settlement... IMDb: 6.2/10 (579) |
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Gold Rush Maisie (1940) USA Genre: Comedy / Drama Release: 1940 July, 26 Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town... IMDb: 6.2/10 (495) |
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Young Tom Edison (1940) USA Genre: Biography / Drama Release: 1940 February, 10 Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results... IMDb: 6.8/10 (1 366) |
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Little Nellie Kelly (1940) USA Genre: Comedy / Family / Musical Release: 1940 November, 22 Irish colleen Nellie is in love with handsome Jerry Kelly, even though her father objects... IMDb: 6.4/10 (798) |
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The Wizard of Oz (1939) USA Genre: Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Musical Release: 1939 August, 10 Dorothy lives on a farm in Kansas until a cyclone arrives, and picks her, her house, and her dog up and deposits them in the land of Oz... IMDb: 8.1/10 (462 801) User Rating: /10 Votes: 2 |
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Lucky Night (1939) USA Genre: Drama / Comedy Release: 1939 May, 4 A wealthy woman meets a bum on a park bench and marries him the same evening... IMDb: 6.1/10 (662) |
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) USA Genre: Family / Adventure Release: 1938 February, 11 Sentiment rules in this version of the Twain tale of boyhood in 1850 Missouri, reasonably faithful except for minor details and making the character Jim a boy instead of a man... IMDb: 7.1/10 (2 458) User Rating: /10 Votes: 7 |
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Boys Town (1938) USA Genre: Biography / Drama Release: 1938 September, 8 Against all odds Father Flanagan starts "Boys' Town" after hearing a convict's story... IMDb: 7.2/10 (6 847) User Rating: /10 Votes: 2 |
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Mad About Music (1938) USA Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical Release: 1938 February, 27 A young woman at a girl's school in Switzerland makes up stories about and writes herself letters from an imaginary explorer-adventurer father; and is eventually put in a position where she has to produce him... IMDb: 7.1/10 (728) |
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Reunion (1936) USA Genre: Comedy Release: 1936 November, 20 The Chamber of Commerce brings together the Dionne quintuplets and other people Dr... IMDb: 5.0/10 (32) |
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The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935) USA Genre: Musical Release: 1935 September, 20 Spud Miller hopes to save his struggling radio station by winning a broadcast competition, with the help of the Radio Eye, an invention that can display live events from anywhere in the world... IMDb: 5.6/10 (371) |
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934) USA Genre: Comedy / Drama Release: 1934 October, 19 The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr... IMDb: 6.2/10 (274) |
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College Rhythm (1934) USA Genre: Musical / Romance / Sport Release: 1934 November, 23 The story deals with the college rivalry of a piccolo player and an All-American halfback on the football team who both love the same co-ed... IMDb: 6.1/10 (130) |
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If I Had a Million (1932) USA Genre: Comedy / Drama Release: 1932 November, 18 Tycoon John Glidden, dying though still vigorous, is so dissatisfied with his relatives and associates that, rather than will his money to any of them, he decides to give it away in million-dollar amounts to strangers picked from the city directory... IMDb: 6.9/10 (2 523) |
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The Phantom President (1932) USA Genre: Comedy / Musical Release: 1932 September, 23 Too bad for presidential hopes of banker T.K... IMDb: 5.9/10 (195) |
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Huckleberry Finn (1931) USA Genre: Comedy Release: 1931 August, 7 A year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer's puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home while Huck Finn, chafing under "civilizing" influences like school and shoes, plans to run away... IMDb: 6.4/10 (146) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Newly Rich (1931) USA Genre: Comedy Release: 1931 July, 2 Two small town widows bring their children to Hollywood, where their children become competing film stars... IMDb: 6.1/10 (82) |
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Finn and Hattie (1931) USA Release: 1931 February, 4 IMDb: 6.2/10 (81) |
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Sooky (1931) USA Genre: Adventure / Drama / Family Release: 1931 December, 26 IMDb: 5.1/10 (70) |
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Skippy (1931) USA Genre: Family / Drama / Comedy Release: 1931 April, 2 Precocious adolescent Skippy Skinner spends most of his time trying to get around doing those things that his parents want him to do (like brush his teeth), while doing those things his parents don't want him to do... IMDb: 6.3/10 (1 162) |
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Listen Children (1928) USA Genre: Short / Comedy Release: 1928 March, 23 IMDb: 6.3/10 (1 162) |
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The Cloudhopper (1925) USA Genre: Comedy / Short Release: 1925 June, 7 IMDb: 6.8/10 (51) |
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Andy in Hollywood (1925) USA Genre: Comedy / Short Release: 1925 May, 25 IMDb: 6.8/10 (51) |
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Oh! Min! (1924) USA Genre: Short / Comedy Release: 1924 January, 14 IMDb: 6.8/10 (51) |
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Andy's Stump Speech (1924) USA Genre: Comedy / Short Release: 1924 November, 3 IMDb: 5.8/10 (68) |
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Andy's Hat in the Ring (1924) USA Genre: Comedy / Short Release: 1924 October, 6 IMDb: 5.8/10 (68) |
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Aggravatin' Mama (1923) USA Genre: Comedy / Short Release: 1923 December, 17 IMDb: 5.8/10 (68) |
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Oh! What a Day! (1923) USA Genre: Short / Comedy Release: 1923 November, 12 the Gump clan, Andy, Bim, Min and Chester, start at a hotel, where dreaming of a seashore, Andy high dives through the floor into the lobby... IMDb: 5.1/10 (18) |
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Watch Papa (1923) USA Genre: Comedy / Short Release: 1923 October, 15 IMDb: 5.1/10 (18) |
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Uncle Bim's Gifts (1923) USA Genre: Comedy / Short Release: 1923 September, 17 IMDb: 5.1/10 (18) |
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The Yankee Spirit (1923) USA Genre: Comedy / Short Release: 1923 September, 2 IMDb: 5.1/10 (18) |
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The Bell Hop (1921) USA Genre: Comedy / Short Release: 1921 September, 18 A government official staying in a hotel puts some important secret papers in the hotel safe... IMDb: 6.5/10 (89) |
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The Hick (1921) USA Genre: Short / Comedy Release: 1921 March, 10 A small town hick falls in love with a beautiful farmers daughter but her father opposes their marriage... IMDb: 6.4/10 (29) |
