Melvin Frank
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Melvin Frank

Aug 13, 1913 - Chicago, Illinois, USA

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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.

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Movie1975The Prisoner of Second AvenueProducerProduction
Movie1959The Jayhawkers!DirectorDirecting
Movie1959The Jayhawkers!ScreenplayWriting
Movie1959The Jayhawkers!ProducerProduction
Movie1955The Court JesterDirectorDirecting
Movie1955The Court JesterScreenplayWriting
Movie1955The Court JesterProducerProduction
Movie1962The Road to Hong KongWriterWriting
Movie1962The Road to Hong KongProducerProduction
Movie1968Buona Sera, Mrs. CampbellDirectorDirecting
Movie1968Buona Sera, Mrs. CampbellScreenplayWriting
Movie1948Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream HouseScreenplayWriting
Movie1954White ChristmasWriterWriting
Movie1959Li'l AbnerDirectorDirecting
Movie1959Li'l AbnerWriterWriting
Movie1946Road to UtopiaScreenplayWriting
Movie1973A Touch of ClassDirectorDirecting
Movie1943Thank Your Lucky StarsScreenplayWriting
Movie1950The Reformer and the RedheadDirectorDirecting
Movie1950The Reformer and the RedheadScreenplayWriting
Movie1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumScreenplayWriting
Movie1965Strange BedfellowsDirectorDirecting
Movie1965Strange BedfellowsStoryWriting
Movie1975The Prisoner of Second AvenueDirectorDirecting
Movie1953Above and BeyondDirectorDirecting
Movie1953Above and BeyondWriterWriting
Movie1976The Duchess and the Dirtwater FoxDirectorDirecting
Movie1976The Duchess and the Dirtwater FoxWriterWriting
Movie1954Knock on WoodDirectorDirecting
Movie1954Knock on WoodWriterWriting
Movie1942Star Spangled RhythmScreenplayWriting
Movie1956That Certain FeelingDirectorDirecting
Movie1979Lost and FoundDirectorDirecting
Movie1946Monsieur BeaucaireScreenplayWriting
Movie1948The Return of OctoberWriterWriting
Movie1951Strictly DishonorableDirectorDirecting
Movie1944And the Angels SingScreenplayWriting
Movie1951Strictly DishonorableWriterWriting
Movie1951Strictly DishonorableProducerProduction
Movie1942My Favorite BlondeStoryWriting
Movie1987Walk Like a ManDirectorDirecting
Movie1968Buona Sera, Mrs. CampbellProducerProduction
Movie2007Are We Done Yet?Original Film WriterWriting
Movie1979Lost and FoundWriterWriting
Movie1979Lost and FoundProducerProduction
Movie1951Callaway Went ThatawayDirectorDirecting
Movie1947It Had to Be YouScreenplayWriting
Movie1951Callaway Went ThatawayWriterWriting
Movie1976The Duchess and the Dirtwater FoxProducerProduction
Movie1946Our Hearts Were Growing UpWriterWriting
Movie1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumProducerProduction
Movie1965Strange BedfellowsScreenplayWriting
Movie1965Strange BedfellowsProducerProduction
Movie1951Callaway Went ThatawayProducerProduction
Movie1945Duffy's TavernScreenplayWriting
Movie1973A Touch of ClassWriterWriting
Movie1960The Facts of LifeDirectorDirecting
Movie1960The Facts of LifeScreenplayWriting
Movie1948Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream HouseProducerProduction
Movie1973A Touch of ClassProducerProduction
Movie1966Not With My Wife, You Don't!StoryWriting
Movie1950The Reformer and the RedheadProducerProduction
Movie1956That Certain FeelingProducerProduction
Movie1956That Certain FeelingWriterWriting
Movie1959The TrapProducerProduction
Movie1954Knock on WoodProducerProduction
Movie1943Happy Go LuckyScreenplayWriting