Melvin Frank

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-08-13 (75 years old)

Deathday

1988-10-13

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Melvin Frank

Biography

​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...

Production

1959

The Jayhawkers!

as Director

1959

The Jayhawkers!

as Screenplay

1959

The Jayhawkers!

as Producer

1955

The Court Jester

as Producer

1955

The Court Jester

as Screenplay

1955

The Court Jester

as Director

1962

1968

1954

1959

Li'l Abner

as Writer

1959

Li'l Abner

as Director

1946

Road to Utopia

as Screenplay

1973

A Touch of Class

as Director

1943

1965

1965

1953

Above and Beyond

as Director

1953

1954

Knock on Wood

as Director

1954

Knock on Wood

as Writer

1942

1956

1979

Lost and Found

as Director

1946

Monsieur Beaucaire

as Screenplay

1951

1944

And the Angels Sing

as Screenplay

1951

1942

1987

Walk Like a Man

as Director

2007

Are We Done Yet?

as Original Film Writer

1979

1979

Lost and Found

as Producer

1951

1947

It Had to Be You

as Screenplay

1965

Strange Bedfellows

as Screenplay

1965

1951

1945

Duffy's Tavern

as Screenplay

1973

1960

1960

The Facts of Life

as Screenplay

1973

A Touch of Class

as Producer

1956

1959

The Trap

as Producer

1954

Knock on Wood

as Producer

1943

Happy Go Lucky

as Screenplay

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