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Norman Rae Taurog (February 23, 1899 - April 7, 1981) 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 (nine, starting with G.I. Blues (1960)).
The elusive Norman Taurog Who was Norman Taurog? It is a legitimate question because he remains one of the most elusive characters in Elvis Presley’s remarkable career. Even in Starmaker, the memoirs of Hal B. Wallis, for whom Taurog produced six Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis movies and three Presley flicks, he seems a bit player.
Michael Barson. Norman Taurog - Film Director, Martin & Lewis: Taurog subsequently ended his long stay at MGM, and his first film after leaving the studio was the pleasant Warner Brothers comedy Room for One More (1952), with Cary Grant and Betsy Drake (who were married in real life) as the adoptive parents of several underprivileged orphans.
Norman Taurog was born on February 23, 1899 in Chicago, Illinois, to Arthur Jack Taurog and Anita Taurog (née Goldsmith). He was exposed to the show business as a young child and became a child performer on the stage at an early age. By the time he was 13 he had made his film debut in the short film ‘Tangled Relations.’.
Blue Hawaii: Directed by Norman Taurog. With Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, Nancy Walters. After arriving back in Hawaii from the Army, Chad Gates defies his parents' wishes for him to work at the family business and instead goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.
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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.
The Beginning or the End. The Bell Hop. The Big Broadcast of 1936. Big City (1948 film) The Birds and the Bees (film) Blue Hawaii. Boys Town (film) The Bride Goes Wild. Broadway Melody of 1940.
