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Norman Krasna is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Additional Writing American born on 7 november 1909 at New York City (USA)

Norman Krasna

Norman Krasna
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Nationality USA
Birth 7 november 1909 at New York City (USA)
Death 1 november 1984 (at 74 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Norman Krasna (November 7, 1909 – November 1, 1984) was an American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and film director. He is best known for penning screwball comedies which centred around a case of mistaken identity. Krasna also directed three films during a forty-year career in Hollywood. He garnered four Academy Award screenwriting nominations, winning once for 1943's Princess O'Rourke, a film he also directed.

Best films

Let's Make Love
Let's Make Love
(1960)
(Scriptwriter) Princess O'Rourke
Princess O'Rourke
(1943)
(Director)

Usually with

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Cedric Gibbons
(7 films)
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(10 films)
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Irving Bacon
(8 films)
Robert Cummings
Robert Cummings
(5 films)
Joe Pasternak
Joe Pasternak
(3 films)
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Filmography of Norman Krasna (49 films)

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Director

The Ambassador's Daughter
The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)
, 1h43
Directed by Norman Krasna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Olivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Myrna Loy, Adolphe Menjou, Tommy Noonan, Francis Lederer
Rating58% 2.9484152.9484152.9484152.9484152.948415
When a visiting American senator decides to make Paris off-limits to enlisted military personnel, the daughter of the U.S. Ambassador to France decides to show him that American servicemen can be gentlemen by dating one of them without revealing her lofty social status. Sergeant Sullivan takes Joan to colorful nightclub cabarets, and on a comical trip up the Eiffel Tower, all the time believing her to be a Dior fashion model. Thinking she has an emergency back in America, Sullivan offers to buy her an airline ticket, for which she is grateful, until she hears that counterfeit plane tickets are a common scam used by American servicemen to impress girls. Sullivan's friend, the homespun Corporal O'Connor, all the while is a guest of the Ambassador's family and other top brass, and tries to alert Sullivan as to Joan's true identity, but is unable to contact Sulllivan (and is sworn to secrecy). When Sullivan drops into the Dior fashion show one day to look for Joan, the staff have never heard of her, however he sees her observing the show with her father's friend the Senator, whom he mistakenly assumes must be her sugar daddy. On their last dinner date, Joan walks out on Sullivan, when he accidentally spills wine on her and offers to take her to his hotel room, thinking he is dishonorable. Finally, one evening Sullivan and the Ambassador's family, by coincidence, separately attend the same ballet performance of Swan Lake, where during the intermission Sullivan learns her true identity and their misunderstanding is resolved.
The Big Hangover
The Big Hangover (1950)
, 1h22
Directed by Norman Krasna
Genres Comedy
Actors Van Johnson, Elizabeth Taylor, Leon Ames, Gene Lockhart, Selena Royle, Fay Holden
Rating59% 2.952982.952982.952982.952982.95298
Law school student David Maldon is hired by a prominent law firm. At a birthday party for the senior partner, John Belney, his erratic behavior causes Belney's beautiful daughter, Mary, to accuse David of being drunk.
Princess O'Rourke
Princess O'Rourke (1943)
, 1h34
Directed by Norman Krasna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Olivia de Havilland, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Jack Carson, Jane Wyman, Harry Davenport
Rating66% 3.345463.345463.345463.345463.34546
During World War II, Princess Maria (Olivia de Havilland) and her uncle Holman (Charles Coburn), exiles from their conquered European country, live in New York City. Holman hopes that his niece will marry and produce a male heir as soon as possible, but she is not interested in his preferred choice, Count Peter de Chandome (Curt Bois) or the other candidates that her uncle discusses.
It Started with Eve
It Started with Eve (1941)
, 1h30
Directed by Joe Pasternak, Henry Koster, Norman Krasna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings, Charles Laughton, Walter Catlett, Margaret Tallichet, Catherine Doucet
Rating75% 3.790783.790783.790783.790783.79078
Un homme dont le père est mourant veut voir sa nouvelle fiancée, mais celle-ci étant indisponible, elle est remplacée par une employée de magasin qui fait la conquête du vieil homme.
It's a Date
It's a Date (1940)
, 1h43
Directed by Joe Pasternak, William A. Seiter, Norman Krasna, Ralph J. Block, Frederick Kohner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Eugene Pallette, Henry Stephenson, S.Z. Sakall
Rating63% 3.196493.196493.196493.196493.19649
The movie begins with Georgia Drake (Kay Francis) performing on the stage, singing "Gypsy Lullaby" while her daughter, Pamela (Deanna Durbin), watches with her boyfriend Freddie Miller (Lewis Howard). Georgia is an older Broadway actress who was once very famous. Her daughter, Pam, also has great acting skills and hopes to be a successful actress as well. At an after-party celebrating the closing of a play that Georgia was in, Pamela convinces director Sidney Simpson (Samuel S. Hinds) and writer Carl Ober (S.Z. Sakall) to attend one of the plays she is in. After the party ends, Pamela sings "Love is All" with the maid, Sara (Cecilia Loftus), playing piano and her mother listening.

Scriptwriter

Sunday in New York
Sunday in New York (1964)
, 1h45
Directed by Peter Tewksbury
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jane Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Rod Taylor, Robert Culp, Jo Morrow, Jim Backus
Roles Theatre Play
Rating66% 3.3479653.3479653.3479653.3479653.347965
Eileen Tyler (Fonda), a 22-year-old Albany Times Union music critic, is suffering from her breakup with Russ (Robert Culp) from a rich Albany family. She comes to New York City to visit her brother Adam (Robertson), who is an airline pilot. Eileen confides to her brother that she thinks she may be the only 22-year-old virgin left in the world. Adam assures her that sex is not what all men look for and insists he hasn't slept around. Of course, Adam is lying and is in hot pursuit of a tryst with his occasional girlfriend Mona. However, Adam's date with Mona has a series of job related interruptions. Meanwhile, Eileen decides to see if she can have some fun for herself in New York, and seems to find the perfect candidate in Mike (Taylor), a man she meets on the bus. But things get complicated when Russ pops in with a proposal and a mistaken assumption.
I'd Rather Be Rich
I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)
, 1h36
Directed by Jack Smight
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Sandra Dee, Robert Goulet, Andy Williams, Maurice Chevalier, Gene Raymond, Charles Ruggles
Roles Writer
Rating67% 3.3888253.3888253.3888253.3888253.388825
During the opening credits Robert Goulet and Andy Williams perform a duet "I'd Rather Be Rich".
My Geisha
My Geisha (1962)
, 1h59
Directed by Jack Cardiff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Cummings, Yoko Tani, Tatsuo Saitō
Roles Histoire
Rating64% 3.247883.247883.247883.247883.24788
Paul Robaix (Montand), a famous director, wants to shoot a film in Japan inspired by Madama Butterfly. His wife, an actress named Lucy Dell (MacLaine), has been the leading lady in all of his greatest films, and she is more famous. He feels that she overshadows him and he would like to achieve success independent of her. By choosing to film Madame Butterfly, he can select a different leading lady without hurting her feelings, because she, as a blue eyed, red headed woman, would not be suitable to play a Japanese woman. As a surprise, she visits him in Japan while he's searching for a leading lady. To surprise him further, she disguises herself as a geisha at a dinner party, planning to unveil her identity during the meal.
Let's Make Love
Let's Make Love (1960)
, 1h59
Directed by George Cukor, David S. Hall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, Tony Randall, Frankie Vaughan, Wilfrid Hyde-White, David Burns
Rating63% 3.1996153.1996153.1996153.1996153.199615
The plot revolves around billionaire Jean-Marc Clement (Montand) who learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue. After going to the theatre, he sees Amanda Dell (Monroe) rehearsing the Cole Porter song "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", and by accident the director thinks him an actor suitable to play himself in the revue. Clement takes the part in order to see more of Amanda and plays along with the mistaken identity, going by the name Alexander Dumas.
Who Was That Lady?
Who Was That Lady? (1960)
, 1h55
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Tony Curtis, Dean Martin, Janet Leigh, James Whitmore, John McIntire, Barbara Nichols
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.295263.295263.295263.295263.29526
College chemistry professor David Wilson is caught by his wife in his lab, kissing another woman. Ann Wilson immediately wants a divorce.
Indiscreet
Indiscreet (1958)
, 1h40
Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker, Phyllis Calvert, John Welch (Welsh), David Kossoff
Roles Theatre Play
Rating66% 3.3482153.3482153.3482153.3482153.348215
Anna Kalman is an accomplished London-based actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. Through her brother-in-law she meets a handsome economist, Philip Adams, and they fall in love.
The Ambassador's Daughter
The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)
, 1h43
Directed by Norman Krasna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Olivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Myrna Loy, Adolphe Menjou, Tommy Noonan, Francis Lederer
Roles Writer
Rating58% 2.9484152.9484152.9484152.9484152.948415
When a visiting American senator decides to make Paris off-limits to enlisted military personnel, the daughter of the U.S. Ambassador to France decides to show him that American servicemen can be gentlemen by dating one of them without revealing her lofty social status. Sergeant Sullivan takes Joan to colorful nightclub cabarets, and on a comical trip up the Eiffel Tower, all the time believing her to be a Dior fashion model. Thinking she has an emergency back in America, Sullivan offers to buy her an airline ticket, for which she is grateful, until she hears that counterfeit plane tickets are a common scam used by American servicemen to impress girls. Sullivan's friend, the homespun Corporal O'Connor, all the while is a guest of the Ambassador's family and other top brass, and tries to alert Sullivan as to Joan's true identity, but is unable to contact Sulllivan (and is sworn to secrecy). When Sullivan drops into the Dior fashion show one day to look for Joan, the staff have never heard of her, however he sees her observing the show with her father's friend the Senator, whom he mistakenly assumes must be her sugar daddy. On their last dinner date, Joan walks out on Sullivan, when he accidentally spills wine on her and offers to take her to his hotel room, thinking he is dishonorable. Finally, one evening Sullivan and the Ambassador's family, by coincidence, separately attend the same ballet performance of Swan Lake, where during the intermission Sullivan learns her true identity and their misunderstanding is resolved.
White Christmas
White Christmas (1954)
, 2h
Directed by Michael Curtiz, Robert Alton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Christmas films, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes
Roles Writer
Rating75% 3.797813.797813.797813.797813.79781
On Christmas Eve, 1944, somewhere in Europe, two World War II U.S. Army soldiers, one a Broadway entertainer, Captain Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby), the other an aspiring entertainer, Private Phil Davis (Danny Kaye), perform for the 151st Division. But word has come down that their beloved commanding officer, Major General Thomas F. Waverly (Dean Jagger), is being relieved of command. He arrives for the end of the show and delivers an emotional farewell. The men give him a rousing send-off ("The Old Man").