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Melvin Frank
Writer 1913 - 1988

Melvin Frank

Chicago, Illinois, USA

​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... Read full bio →

Filmography

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15 titles
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

Melvin Frank 1976 1h 43m 6.0

A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.

A Touch of Class

A Touch of Class

Melvin Frank 1973 1h 46m 5.0

Steve, a happily married American man living in London meets Vicki, an English divorcée and run off to Marbella for a rollicking week of sex. They then return to London to set up a cozy menage, despite the fact that he loves his wife and children, and now realize that he and Vicki have also fallen in love.

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

Melvin Frank 1968 1h 48m

Carla Campbell receives maintenance payment from three former soldiers who all believe themselves to be the father of her daughter, Gia.

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

Norman Panama 1966 1h 59m 5.0

During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he convinces her that Scott has been killed in a plane crash. She soon discovers Scott is alive, but remains happily married to Curtis until Scott re-enters their lives 14 years later.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Richard Lester 1966 1h 37m 5.5

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

The Road to Hong Kong

The Road to Hong Kong

Norman Panama 1962 1h 31m 6.0

When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.

The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life

Melvin Frank 1960 1h 43m

Two romantic couples are each married to different people! They really DO love each other. At the beginning Kitty thinks Larry is un-funny...

Li'l Abner

Li'l Abner

Melvin Frank 1959 1h 53m

A comedy musical based on the comic strip charcters created by Al Capp. When residents of Dogpatch, USA are notified by the government that they must evacuate because of atomic bomb testing, they try to persuade the government that their town is worth saving.

The Court Jester

The Court Jester

Melvin Frank, Norman Panama 1955 1h 41m 8.0

A 12th century court jester in England becomes involved with a desperate band of outlaws who are attempting to overthrow the king.

White Christmas

White Christmas

Michael Curtiz 1954 2h 7.2

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business.

Knock on Wood

Knock on Wood

Melvin Frank, Norman Panama 1953 1h 43m

Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his two dolls become mean and jealous. Morgan's dollmaker Papinek is a member of a spy ring who has stolen the secret plans for the top-secret Lafayette airplane.

Above and Beyond

Above and Beyond

Melvin Frank, Norman Panama 1952 2h 2m

The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he knows that it can do tremendously more damage than any other weapon used before, and that the death toll resulting from it will be huge.

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

H. C. Potter 1948 1h 34m 6.7

Cary Grant stars as an advertising executive who dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.

Road to Utopia

Road to Utopia

Hal Walker 1945 1h 30m 5.0

While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself.

My Favorite Blonde

My Favorite Blonde

Sidney Lanfield 1942 1h 18m

Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch—and is being pursued by Nazi agents.

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