Writer
Melvin Frank
113 years · Chicago, Illinois, USA · 32 films
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Melvin Frank (13 August 1913 in Chicago, Illinois – 13 October 1988 in Los Angeles, California) was an American screenwriter, film producer and film director. He is known for his work on films such as Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), The Court Jester (1956), and A Touch of Class (1973). Born to a Jewish family, Frank graduated from the University of Chicago, where he met his future collaborator Norman Panama. They went on to form a writing partnership which endured for three decades. Some of their most notable films as co-writers include Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) and White Christmas (1954), among many others, and co-directing films such as The Court Jester (1956). They wrote a Broadway play together, which was later adapted into Li'l Abner (1959), directed by Frank. They also worked on two films in the popular Road to ... series, Road to Utopia (1946) and The Road to Hong Kong (1962). Frank went on to a successful solo career as a film director, most notably directing the acclaimed romantic comedy A Touch of Class (1973), starring George Segal and Glenda Jackson. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Jackson won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role. Subsequent films directed by Frank include The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976) and Lost and Found (1979). Over the course of his career, Frank was nominated for five Academy Awards. In 1984, he received the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America. Frank's first wife was Anne Ray, younger sister of actress Jigee Viertel. At the time of his death he was still married to his second wife, Juliet. He had three children, Pulitzer Prize-winning daughter Elizabeth Frank and sons Andrew and James. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melvin Frank, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Best known for
White Christmas
1954 · Writer
On fuboTV
The Court Jester
1955 · Director, Screenplay
On Hoopla
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948 · Screenplay, Producer
On YouTube TV
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 · Screenplay, Producer
On Philo
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975 · Producer, Director
A Touch of Class
1973 · Director, Writer
Filmography 32
Walk Like a Man
1987 · Director
Lost and Found
1979 · Director, Writer
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
1976 · Director, Writer
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975 · Producer, Director
A Touch of Class
1973 · Director, Writer
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968 · Director, Producer
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 · Screenplay, Producer
On Philo
Strange Bedfellows
1965 · Director, Screenplay
The Road to Hong Kong
1962 · Writer, Producer
The Facts of Life
1960 · Director, Writer
On Philo
Li'l Abner
1959 · Director, Writer
The Jayhawkers!
1959 · Director, Screenplay
The Trap
1959 · Producer
That Certain Feeling
1956 · Director, Producer
The Court Jester
1955 · Director, Screenplay
On Hoopla
White Christmas
1954 · Writer
On fuboTV
Knock on Wood
1954 · Director, Writer
Above and Beyond
1953 · Director, Writer
Callaway Went Thataway
1951 · Director, Writer
Strictly Dishonorable
1951 · Director, Writer
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950 · Director, Screenplay
The Return of October
1948 · Writer
On The Roku Channel
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948 · Screenplay, Producer
On YouTube TV
It Had to Be You
1947 · Screenplay