
Writing
Born April 21, 1914 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Norman Panama (April 21, 1914 – January 13, 2003) was an American screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. He collaborated with a former school friend, Melvin Frank, to form a writing partnership which endured for three decades. He also wrote gags for comedians such as Bob Hope's radio program and for Groucho Marx. The most famous films Panama directed were Li'l Abner (1959), the Danny Kaye film The Court Jester (1956), and Bob Hope's How to Commit Marriage (1969). He wrote Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), Road to Utopia (1946), and The Court Jester, among other movies. He won an Edgar Award for A Talent for Murder (1981), a play he co-wrote with Jerome Chodorov. Panama continued to write and direct through the 1980s. He died in 2003 in Los Angeles, California from complications due to Parkinson's disease. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norman Panama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Barnaby and Me
1977

I Will, I Will...For Now
1976

Coffee, Tea or Me?
1973

How to Commit Marriage
1969

The Maltese Bippy
1969

Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966

The Road to Hong Kong
1962

The Trap
1959

That Certain Feeling
1956

The Court Jester
1955

Knock on Wood
1954

Above and Beyond
1953

Callaway Went Thataway
1951

Strictly Dishonorable
1951

The Reformer and the Redhead
1950