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More background on Director Norman Taurog --- Thanks to EIN reader Frank Locke . Child actor Jackie Cooper was Norman Taurog's nephew, which was correctly noted in the "Skippy" photo. Jackie Cooper wrote his autobiography in the 1970s. It was titled "Please Don't Shoot My Dog" and it related the tale of what Taurog did to get his nephew to cry ...
10. Apr. 1981 · Norman Taurog, the film director who won an Academy Award for ''Skippy,'' died yesterday at Eisenhower Medical Center, near his retirement home in Palm Desert. He was 82 years old. He was 82 years ...
Working most often for MGM and Paramount, Taurog specialized in comedies and other light entertainments, though he made several dramas as well, such as "The Beginning or the End" (1947), about the birth of the atomic bomb. By the mid-50s, he began directing formula vehicles for box-office stars such as Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and Elvis Presley.
Chicago-born Norman Taurog was performing on stage from his early childhood, long before he began work as a child actor in movies. He entered films at age 14 with Thomas Ince's studios, and turned to directing comedy in 1919 with Larry Semon.
Norman Rae Taurog was an American film director and screenwriter. Between 1920 and 1968, Taurog directed over 140 films, and directed Elvis Presley in more movies than any other director. He won the 1931 Academy Award for Best Director for the film Skippy and still holds the record as the youngest director to win it.
Norman Taurog. Director, Writer, Actor. Born February 23, 1899 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A successful child actor (on stage from 1907) and rather less successful romantic lead, baby-faced Norman Taurog found being behind the camera a more rewarding experience. Before becoming a director, he paid his dues as a prop man and editor.
Norman Taurog (23 February 1899 - 7 April 1981) was a Hollywood director of the Golden Age, and the first director to work of the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz. Taurog was chosen because he had a reputation for guiding younger performers, like Jackie Cooper and Deanna Durbin. Taurog had directed his nephew Cooper in a film called Skippy (1931), which won Taurog an Academy Award. (He was 32 ...
