Norman Krasna

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-11-07 (75 years old)

Deathday

1984-11-01

Place of Birth

Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Norman Krasna

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Norman Krasna (November 7, 1909 – November 1, 1984) was an American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and film director. He is best known for penning screwball comedies which centered on a case of mistaken identity. Krasna also directed three films during a forty-year career in Hollywood. He garnered four Academy Award screenwriting nominations, winning once for 1943's Princess O'Rourke, a film he also directed.

Production

1958

Indiscreet

as Theatre Play

1958

Indiscreet

as Screenplay

1952

Clash by Night

as Producer

1960

Let's Make Love

as Screenplay

1935

1941

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Screenplay

1941

1943

1943

Princess O'Rourke

as Screenplay

1941

It Started with Eve

as Screenplay

1954

1939

Bachelor Mother

as Screenplay

1936

Fury

as Story

1956

Bundle of Joy

as Writer

1963

Sunday in New York

as Screenplay

1963

Sunday in New York

as Theatre Play

1938

You and Me

as Story

1940

It's a Date

as Screenplay

1944

1964

1950

The Big Hangover

as Director

1944

1933

Parole Girl

as Screenplay

1947

Dear Ruth

as Theatre Play

1938

1936

Wife vs. Secretary

as Screenplay

1960

Who Was That Lady?

as Theatre Play

1960

1949

John Loves Mary

as Theatre Play

1934

The Countess of Monte Cristo

as Additional Writing

1951

Behave Yourself!

as Producer

1937

Big City

as Producer

1962

My Geisha

as Story

1962

My Geisha

as Screenplay

1933

So This Is Africa

as Screenplay

1935

Four Hours to Kill!

as Screenplay

1933

Bombshell

as Additional Writing

1950

The Big Hangover

as Producer

1950

1937

Big City

as Story

1937

1932

That's My Boy

as Screenplay

1932

1932

Hollywood Speaks

as Screenplay

1933

1960

1941

The Devil and Miss Jones

as Associate Producer

1951

The Blue Veil

as Producer

1933

Parole Girl

as Original Story

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