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Norman Z. McLeod (1895–1964)

Autor(a) de Great Cinema: 15 Films

38+ Works 508 Membros 17 Críticas

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Obras por Norman Z. McLeod

Great Cinema: 15 Films (1955) — Director — 61 exemplares
Horse Feathers [1932 film] (1932) — Director — 55 exemplares
Monkey Business [1931 film] (1931) — Director — 54 exemplares
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty [1947 film] (2000) — Director — 36 exemplares
Topper [and] Topper Returns (Double Feature Video) (2013) — Director — 32 exemplares
Road to Rio [1947 film] (1947) — Director — 31 exemplares
Alice in Wonderland [1933 film] (1933) — Director — 30 exemplares
The Canterville Ghost [1944 film] (1944) — Director — 24 exemplares
Topper [1937 film] (1937) — Director — 20 exemplares
The Paleface [1948 film] (1948) — Director — 17 exemplares
It's a Gift [1934 film] (1998) — Director — 11 exemplares
If I Had A Million [1932 film] (1932) — Director — 10 exemplares
The Topper Collection (2014) — Director — 9 exemplares
The Bob Hope Collection: Five-Movie Set (2010) — Director — 6 exemplares
Alias Jesse James [1959 film] (1997) — Director — 5 exemplares
Pennies from Heaven [1936 film] (1936) 5 exemplares
Lady Be Good [1941 film] (1991) 5 exemplares
Danny Kaye: The Goldwyn Years: 4 Films (2013) — Director — 4 exemplares
Little Men [1940 film] (1940) — Director — 4 exemplares
Born to Dance [and] Lady Be Good (Double Feature Video) (1936) — Director — 4 exemplares
Topper Takes A Trip [1938 film] (2018) — Director — 3 exemplares
Never Wave at a WAC [1953 film] — Director — 1 exemplar
Remember? (1939) 1 exemplar
The Miracle Man 1 exemplar

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Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1895-09-20
Data de falecimento
1964-01-27
Localização do túmulo
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, USA
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA

Membros

Críticas

A film starring Constance Bennett and Cary Grant (MGM, 1937).

Two ghosts decide to haunt a man for his own good.

C+ (Okay).

Despite the billing, this is not a Cary Grant movie. It's a Roland Young movie. He's good with the handful of physical gags, but his screen persona is too dull to carry an entire movie.

(Oct. 2022).
 
Assinalado
comfypants | Oct 24, 2022 |
Great cast overplaying their roles make the comedy part of this film very entertaining. Walter Abel is especially great as a not-on-the-level fight manager who tries to make a fortune off of milkman Kaye who everyone believes knocked out the middleweight champion of the world--the unbelievably charismatic Steve Cochran, who does great in a comedy role. But the musical numbers suck--at least the opening milk commercial with the Goldwyn Girls. I almost stopped watching it was so bad. Later numbers with the likable Vera-Ellen and Virginia Mayo--whose singing is actually dubbed--are not total embarrassments, but are a big waste of time. Kaye has a totally out of character song dealing with ballet. Still, the star power here is almost blinding. Cochran--watch White Heat--is one of the most indelible actors ever. What a life he led--see IMDB or Wikipedia for his demise. To see Kaye at his best, however, watch The Court Jester or The Inspector General. Eve Arden has a nice part here as well. And the technicolor (or whatever it is) is beautiful. If only they had left out the musical parts! (This is a remake, I believe, of a non-musical version, and Lionel Stander, he of the gravelly voice, played he same role in both.)… (mais)
 
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datrappert | Apr 29, 2022 |
 
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geohistnut | Apr 16, 2021 |

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Zoltan Korda Director
Dick Darley Director
Giuseppe Vari Director
Paul Almond Director
Bert Kalmar Screenwriter
Arthur Sheekman Screenwriter
Everett Freeman Screenwriter
Jack Rose Screenwriter
Edmund Beloin Screenwriter
Edwin Blum Writer
Leo McCarey Director
Jack Jevne Screenwriter
James Cruze Director
Norman Taurog Director
Hal Walker Director
Frank Tashlin Director
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Jack McGowan Screenwriter
Bob Hope Actor
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Eve Arden Actor
Jerome Kern Composer

Estatísticas

Obras
38
Also by
9
Membros
508
Popularidade
#48,806
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
17
ISBN
33

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