Biography: Norman Taurog |
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. For the... more
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Cast: Gale Gordon William Schallert Teri Garr
Tags: Drama Rock Musical Sports Drama
Length: 90min
Steve Grayson (Elvis Presley) is a swinging racecar driver whose manager Kenny (Bill Bixby) has bet his money on the horses. Most of the horses didn't win, causing Steve to be visited by IRS agent Susan Jacks (Nancy Sinatra). Gale Gordon plays...
Cast: Chips Rafferty
Tags: Musical Rock Musical
Length: 92min
Elvis Presley plays Guy Lambert, a musician (so far, so good) who is touring Great Britain (something Elvis never managed in real life). Jill Conway (Annette Day), a wealthy heiress, is a big fan of Guy's who has developed a very serious crush on him;...
Cast: Julie Adams
Tags: Rock Musical Musical Comedy Musical Comedy
Length: 90min
The original king of rock-n-roll (Elvis Presley) stars in this light comedy musical as a singing buck who finds employment at an all femme ranch & spa. After kissing the girls and making them cry, the stud-clad crooner is sent away, but soon comes...
Tags: Musical Rock Musical
Length: 93min
Elvis Presley plays rock singer and racecar driver Mike McCoy in the typical musical romp Spinout, directed by Norman Taurog. His band includes Curly Jack Mullaney, Larry Jimmy Hawkins and the female tomboy drummer Les Deborah Walley. Mike is coveted...
Live a Little, Love A Little (1968)
Tags: Workplace Comedy Romance Rock Musical Musical Comedy Musical Comedy
Length: 90min
Singing stars from two very different generations appear in Live A Little, Love A Little. Elvis Presley plays Greg, a photographer who divides his time working for a skin magazine and a conservative newspaper. Rudy Valle plays Penlow, the veteran...
Cast: Cesar Romero Buster Keaton Frankie Avalon Samuel Z. Arkoff
Length: 89min
In this comedy, a hapless Army sergeant's plans to marry are temporarily delayed after he accidentally ends up launched into space with a chimpanzee. Upon his return, he is a changed man and is ultimately sent to prison after he threatens to go public...
Cast: Elvis Presley Loyal Griggs Norman Taurog Jeremy Slate Benson Fong Hal B. Wallis
Tags: Romance Rock Musical Musical Comedy
Length: 106min
One of Elvis Presley's biggest moneymakers, Girls Girls Girls casts ol' swivel-hips as a tuna-boat fisherman working out of Hawaii. Elvis chases after all the wrong girls, while ignoring the girls who genuinely care for him. Here, as Ross Carpenter,...
Tags: Ensemble Film Romance Romantic Comedy Comedy
Length: 100min
This light romantic comedy filmed on location in Palm Springs finds couples engaging in a kissing frenzy of puppy love. Jim (Troy Donahue) has eyes for Bunny (Stephanie Powers), unaware she is the daughter of the local chief of police (Andrew Duggan)....
It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
Cast: George W. Davis
Tags: Musical Rock Musical
Length: 105min
This Elvis Presley vehicle is close to a lemon, even for his die-hard fans. Elvis is Mike Edwards, a pilot of a small plane who has a faithful sidekick, Danny (Gary Lockewood), and a penchant for singing. The story, such as it is, takes place...
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
Cast: Vincent Price
Tags: Sci-Fi Comedy Comedy Science Fiction Teen Movie
Length: 88min
The great Vincent Price obviously had fun with his characterization of Dr. Goldfoot in this campy spy spoof directed by Norman Taurog. With his henchman Igor (Jack Mullaney), the demented doctor builds a machine that mass-produces an army bikini-clad...
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