Norman Taurog is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Co-Director American born on 23 february 1899 at Chicago (USA)
Norman Taurog
Norman Taurog participated to
99 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
3 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Director
![The Wizard of Oz](/imagesen/small/3085.jpg)
, 1h38
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy,
George Cukor,
Victor Fleming,
Norman Taurog,
Richard Thorpe,
King VidorOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Musical theatre,
Fantasy,
Adventure,
MusicalThemes Films about magic and magicians,
Monde imaginaire,
Films about music and musicians,
Le pays d'Oz,
Witches in film,
Musical films,
Steampunk films,
Children's filmsActors Judy Garland,
Frank Morgan,
Ray Bolger,
Bert Lahr,
Jack Haley,
Billie BurkeRating80%
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The film starts in sepia toned Kansas in the early 1900s. Dorothy Gale lives with her dog Toto on the farm of her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. Dorothy and Toto get in trouble with a ruthless neighbor, Miss Almira Gulch, when Toto bites her. However, Dorothy's family and the farmhands are all too busy to pay attention to her. Miss Gulch arrives with permission from the sheriff to have Toto euthanized. He is taken away, but escapes and returns to Dorothy; she then decides to run away from home with Toto to escape Miss Gulch. ![Boys Town](/imagesen/small/3223.jpg)
, 1h36
Directed by Norman TaurogOrigin USAGenres Drama,
BiographyThemes Films about children,
Films about religion,
L'enfance marginaliséeActors Spencer Tracy,
Mickey Rooney,
Henry Hull,
Leslie Fenton,
Darryl Hickman,
Gene ReynoldsRating71%
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The story opens when a convicted murderer asks to make his confession on the day of his execution. The condemned man is visited by an old friend, Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) who runs a home for indigent men in Omaha, Nebraska. When the prison officials suggest that the condemned man owes the state a debt, Father Flanagan witnesses the condemned man's diatribe to prison officials and a reporter that describes his awful plight as a homeless and friendless boy who was a ward in state institutions. After the convicted man asks the officials to leave, Father Flanagan provides some comfort and wisdom. On the train back to Omaha, Father Flanagan is transformed in his humanitarian mission by revelations (echoed in the words) imparted by the condemned man's litany of hardships experienced as a child without friends or family as a ward of the state.![Skippy](/imagesen/small/80544.jpg)
, 1h25
Directed by Norman TaurogOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaActors Jackie Cooper,
Robert Coogan,
Mitzi Green,
Willard Robertson,
Enid Bennett,
Guy OliverRating62%
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Skippy (Jackie Cooper) is the feisty son of the strictly Dr. Herbert Skinner (Willard Robertson) and his wife Ellen (Enid Bennett). Skinner forbids his son Skippy to play in the pauperized Shantytown, because of the unhygenical and criminal surroundings there. But Skippy and his friend Sidney (Jackie Searl) still go to Shantytown whrere sidney meets a new boy named Sooky (Robert Coogan, Jackie Coogan's little brother). He saves the small boy Sooky from the much bigger bully Harley Nubbins (Donald Haines). Skippy and Sooky become friends. One day Harley accidentally breaks the windshield of his father's car with Skippy's yo-yo. Harley, who has a very aggressive and brute father, blames it on Skippy and Sooky. Mr. Nubbins (Jack Rube Clifford), who works as a dog catcher, takes Sooky's dog and demands that they pay him for the damages if they want their dog back. The boys gather three dollars by breaking Skippy's savings bank, but Mr. Nubbins accepts it only for his windshield. He gives them three days for getting another three dollars for a dog license and he threatens that he'll kill their dog if they don't get the money.