Melvin Frank

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 collaborated with a former schoolfriend, Norman Panama to form a writing partnership which endured for 3 decades. He is the father of Elizabeth Frank.

Selected Filmography

• My Favorite Blonde (with Norman Panama) (1942) (Story Only)
• Road to Utopia (with Norman Panama) (1946)
• Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (with Norman Panama) (1948)
• White Christmas (with Norman Panama and Norman Krasna) (1954)
• Knock on Wood (with Norman Panama) (1954) (also Co-Director)
• The Court Jester (with Norman Panama) (1956) (also Co-Director)
• Li'l Abner (with Norman Panama) (1959) (also Director)
• The Facts of Life (with Norman Panama) (1960) (also Director)
• The Road to Hong Kong (with Norman Panama) (1962)
• Strange Bedfellows (with Norman Panama and Michael Pertwee) (1965) (also Director)
• Not with My Wife, You Don't! (with Norman Panama, Peter Barnes and Larry Gelbart) (1966)
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (with Michael Pertwee) (1966)
• Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (with Denis Norden and Sheldon Keller) (1968) (also Director)
• A Touch of Class (with Jack Rose) (1973) (also Director)
• The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (with Barry Sandler and Jack Rose) (1976) (also Director)
• Lost and Found (with Jack Rose) (1979) (also Director)
• Walk Like a Man (1987) (Director Only)

External links

• Melvin Frank at the Internet Movie Database