List of the best Norman Taurog movies: Broadway Melody of 1940(1940), Boys Town(1938), Room for One More(1952), Mad About Music(1938), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(1938), A Bedtime Story(1933), The Stooge(1953), Girl Crazy(1943), Young Tom Edison(1940), The Beginning or the End(1947), Living It Up(1954), Men of Boys Town(1941) ... ...
7.4/10
Musical
USA
1940
102 Minutes
Director
Fred Astaire Eleanor Powell George Murphy Frank Morgan Ian Hunter Florence Rice Lynne Carver Ann Morriss Trixie Firschke Douglas McPhail
dancer partner producer star amusing endearing new york city broadway theater dance hall dance love teamwork friendship love quest rise 1940s
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to gives him the name of his partner.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1938
96 Minutes
Director
Spencer Tracy Mickey Rooney Henry Hull Leslie Fenton Addison Richards Edward Norris Gene Reynolds Minor Watson Jonathan Hale Bobs Watson Martin Spellman
priest juvenile delinquent criminal police officer endearing inspiring boys town, neb. police station prison street crime troubled youth faith growing up transformation 1930s
When a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn't have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to start a home for young boys.
7.2/10
Comedy
USA
1952
98 Minutes
Director
Cary Grant Betsy Drake Lurene Tuttle Randy Stuart John Ridgely Irving Bacon Mary Treen Iris Mann George Winslow Clifford Tatum Jr.
orphan boy girl disabled person husband wife emotional endearing amusing heartwarming new jersey household town orphanage family adoption troubled youth depression marriage disability
New Jersey couple Anna and Poppy Rose adopt several kids born into less fortunate circumstances, including a desperately unhappy 13-year-old girl and a physically handicapped boy with a penchant for getting into serious trouble.
7.1/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1938
98 Minutes
Director
Deanna Durbin Herbert Marshall Gail Patrick Arthur Treacher William Frawley Jackie Moran Helen Parrish Marcia Mae Jones Christian Rub Charles Peck Elisabeth Risdon
schoolgirl celebrity composer valet mother classmate amusing lighthearted uplifting switzerland paris boarding school train station press conference father figure mother/daughter relationship impersonation deception imagination jealousy
A young woman at a girl's school in Switzerland makes up stories about and writes herself letters from an imaginary explorer-adventurer father; and is eventually put in a position where she... See full summary »
7.1/10
Adventure
USA
1938
93 Minutes
Director
Tommy Kelly Jackie Moran Ann Gillis May Robson Walter Brennan Victor Jory Spring Byington Margaret Hamilton
tom sawyer aunt huckleberry finn murderer girl playful amusing st. petersburg, miss. mississippi river cave childhood children vs. adults treasure running away murder growing up adventure 1830s
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
7.0/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
87 Minutes
Director
Maurice Chevalier Helen Twelvetrees Baby LeRoy Adrienne Ames Edward Everett Horton Earle Foxe Betty Lorraine Gertrude Michael Reginald Mason Henry Kolker George MacQuarrie
Parisian playboy plays father to an abandoned baby who interferes with his womanizing.
6.8/10
Comedy
USA
1953
100 Minutes
Director
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Polly Bergen Marion Marshall Eddie Mayehoff Richard Erdman Frances Bavier
Egotistical vaudevillian Bill Miller basks in the limelight with his successful musical-comedy act, but his success is due to his unheralded second banana.
6.8/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
99 Minutes
Director
Mickey Rooney Busby Berkeley Judy Garland Gil Stratton Robert Strickland Rags Ragland June Allyson Nancy Walker Guy Kibbee Tommy Dorsey Band Frances Rafferty
young man young woman father dean daughter student endearing winsome amusing college american west education courtship performance love school quest adventure temptation 1940s
A young philandering playboy is sent to a College, somewhere in the American West, and organizes a show, together with his sweetheart, to save the college from closure due to falling enrollments.
6.8/10
Biography
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Director
Mickey Rooney Fay Bainter George Bancroft Virginia Weidler Eugene Pallette Victor Kilian Bobby Jordan J.M. Kerrigan Lloyd Corrigan John Kellogg Clem Bevans
boy teacher father mother man doctor heartwarming fascinating school train michigan house office thomas edison american civil war illness father/son relationship maturing discovery adventure
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Drama, History
USA
1947
112 Minutes
Director
The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.
6.7/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1954
95 Minutes
Director
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Janet Leigh Edward Arnold Fred Clark Sheree North Sammy White Sid Tomack Sig Ruman Richard Loo Raymond Greenleaf
railroad worker doctor reporter editor love interest charming unrestrained los alamos, n.m. railroad tracks small town doctor's office new york city hotel love triangle deception fame radiation newspapers mistaken diagnosis quest
An unsophisticated stationmaster from provincial New Mexico fraudulently claims that he is dying in order to get an expense-paid dream tour of New York.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1941
106 Minutes
Director
Spencer Tracy Mickey Rooney Bobs Watson Larry Nunn Darryl Hickman Henry O'Neill Mary Nash Lee J. Cobb Sidney Miller Addison Richards Lloyd Corrigan
priest paraplegic young man parent delinquent friend intense emotional moving boys town, neb. reform school office household gas station courtroom juvenile crime reform self-sacrifice adoption violence
Mickey Rooney and Spencer Tracy return in this sequel to the original Boys Town. This time the school faces financial trouble as Father Flanagan tries to help every little boy he meets. ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Comedy
USA
1953
95 Minutes
Director
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Donna Reed Fred Clark Barbara Bates Joseph Calleia
Although gifted golfer Harvey Miller is too nervous to golf in public tournaments, he acts as coach and caddy for friend Joe Anthony.
6.5/10
Musical
USA
1948
119 Minutes
Director
Mickey Rooney Tom Drake June Allyson Perry Como Ann Sothern Betty Garrett Janet Leigh Marshall Thompson Jeanette Nolan Richard Quine Clinton Sundberg
lyricist composer actress singer best friend touching melodramatic hollywood, calif. broadway theater london new york city may-december romance alcohol songwriting friendship depression success rise fall love
Fictionalized story of the songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
6.5/10
Adventure
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Director
Jackie Coogan Mitzi Green Junior Durkin Eugene Pallette Jackie Searle Clarence Muse Jane Darwell
Runaway Huck Finn rafts down the Mississippi with his friends.
6.4/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
86 Minutes
Director
Joe Penner Lanny Ross Jack Oakie
The story deals with the college rivalry of a piccolo player and an All-American halfback on the football team who both love the same co-ed. After graduation they carry their their feud and... See full summary »
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1952
96 Minutes
Director
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Mona Freeman Don DeFore Robert Strauss Ray Teal Marcy McGuire Danny Arnold Richard Erdman Edwin Max Alex Gerry
entertainer partner paratrooper soldier general sergeant madcap cheery playful stage military base barracks backstage new york city entertainment impersonation military life musical revue romance contest
Nightclub comic Hap Smith assumes the identity of another soldier so he can tour army bases in a revue with his ex-partner Chuck Allen.
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1948
98 Minutes
Director
Van Johnson June Allyson Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Hume Cronyn Una Merkel Arlene Dahl Richard Derr Lloyd Corrigan Elisabeth Risdon Clara Blandick Kathleen Howard
author illustrator juvenile delinquent publisher widower orphan amusing charming melodramatic new york city office duplicity identity romance alcoholism schemes wretched excess love rivalry 1940s
McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately, Greg, who is Uncle Bump, tends to drink too much and has not started his next book. Martha won... See full summary »
6.3/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1960
104 Minutes
Director
Elvis Presley Juliet Prowse Robert Ivers Letícia Román Ludwig Stossel James Douglas Sigrid Maier Arch Johnson
soldier dancer friend beautiful girl southerner singer amusing lighthearted heartwarming nightclub frankfurt, germany military base stage city wager business scheme military life friendship womanizing unlikely romance
Tulsa, a soldier with dreams of running his own nightclub, places a bet with his friend Dynamite that he can win the heart of an untouchable dancer...but when Dynamite is transferred, Tulsa must replace him in the bet.
6.3/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Director
Pauline Lord W.C. Fields ZaSu Pitts Evelyn Venable Kent Taylor Charles Middleton Donald Meek Jimmy Butler George Breakston Edith Fellows Virginia Weidler
The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr. Wiggs who wandered off long ago an has never been heard from. Do-gooder Miss Lucy ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
85 Minutes
Director
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the farm where he works. He tries to ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1939
90 Minutes
Director
Myrna Loy Robert Taylor Joseph Allen Jr. Henry O'Neill Douglas Fowley Charles Lane Bernadene Hayes Gladys Blake Bernard Nedell Carl Stockdale
heiress businessman homeless person father daughter husband amusing lighthearted apartment park bar unusual romance class distinctions love gambling marriage ambition forbidden love adventure discovery
A wealthy woman meets a bum on a park bench and marries him the same evening.
6.3/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1956
90 Minutes
Director
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Lori Nelson Jeff Morrow Jackie Loughery John Baragrey Agnes Moorehead Lon Chaney Milton Frome Richard Nugent Lee Van Cleef
A rich momma's boy returns west with the son of his murdered father's partner to foil a gang trying to gain control of his family ranch.
6.3/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
100 Minutes
Director
Eddie Cantor Ethel Merman Sally Eilers Parkyakarkus William Frawley Helene Lowell Gordon Jones Brian Donlevy
teacher best friend manager secretary business owner crime boss airy charming amusement park office university amusement parks organized crime love triangle gambling self-confidence transformation underdog 1930s
Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.
6.2/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1963
105 Minutes
Director
Elvis Presley Joan O'Brien Gary Lockwood Vicky Tiu H. M. Wynant Edith Atwater Guy Raymond Dorothy Green Kam Tong Yvonne Craig
nurse pilot partner girl hitchhiker gambler amusing lighthearted seattle world's fair airplane road gambling debt flying helping others friendship love love adventure
Mike and Danny hitch a ride to the World's Fair in Seattle after the sheriff seizes their crop duster biplane to cover Danny's gambling debts. Mike looks after the driver's 7 y.o. niece at the fair, where he meets a cute nurse.
6.2/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1950
97 Minutes
Director
Kathryn Grayson Mario Lanza David Niven Rita Moreno J. Carrol Naish James Mitchell Richard Hageman Clinton Sundberg Sig Arno Romo Vincent Marietta Canty
Snooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this fisherman can sing! Her agent lures him away to New Orleans to teach him to sing opera, but comes to... See full summary »
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1946
92 Minutes
Director
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding... See full summary »
6.2/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1956
98 Minutes
Director
Eddie Fisher Debbie Reynolds Adolphe Menjou Tommy Noonan Nita Talbot Una Merkel Melville Cooper Bill Goodwin Howard McNear Robert H. Harris Mary Treen
salesgirl business owner son baby coworker landlady hilarious frenetic heartwarming new york city department store apartment restaurant office family home maternity single mothers mistaken identity unusual romance gossip
After finding a baby outside an orphanage, a salesgirl receives sympathy from those around her, including her boss' son, as they all assume the baby is hers.
6.2/10
Comedy
USA
1937
81 Minutes
Director
A man hides out in the country to avoid testifying in his friends' divorce. A girl who he thinks is a process server thinks he's a gangster. So do the sheriff and his men.
6.2/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1931
85 Minutes
Director
Jackie Cooper Robert Coogan Mitzi Green Willard Robertson
young boy poor boy doctor dog catcher dog charming moving shantytown small town childhood father/son relationship poverty pets growing up discovery 1930s
Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.
6.1/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1962
103 Minutes
Director
Elvis Presley Joan Blackman Angela Lansbury Nancy Walters Roland Winters John Archer Howard McNear Steve Brodie Iris Adrian Darlene Tompkins Jenny Maxwell
surfer singer matriarch girlfriend friend lighthearted campy uplifting beach mansion bus hawaii surfing rebellion singing youth forbidden love growing up transformation 1960s
After arriving back in Hawaii from the Army, Chad Gates (Elvis Presley) 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.
6.1/10
Comedy
USA
1960
85 Minutes
Director
Jerry Lewis Joan Blackman Earl Holliman Fred Clark John Williams Jerome Cowan Lee Patrick Gale Gordon
The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth...
6.1/10
Romance
USA
1963
101 Minutes
Director
Troy Donahue Connie Stevens Ty Hardin Stefanie Powers Robert Conrad Andrew Duggan Jack Weston Carole Cook Jerry Van Dyke
college student love interest police chief basketball coach friend hotel manager cheery lighthearted spirited resort california beach palm springs, calif. romance spring break vacation friendship love triangle teen angst love
Set in Palm Springs, California during a long, fun-filled weekend where several Los Angeles college students flock to spring break, centering on Jim who finds romance with Bunny, the ... See full summary »
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
1958
110 Minutes
Director
In 1941, an Oklahoma college graduate joins the US Coast Guard and serves as a cook on a ship based in Boston.
6.0/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1965
90 Minutes
Director
Elvis Presley Julie Adams Jackie Lane Jack Mullaney Merry Anders Bill Williams Edward Faulkner Connie Gilchrist
rodeo rider trainer rancher deputy ranch hand love interest amusing cool playful campy dude ranch ghost town american west club hotel rodeo treasure hunting rodeo misunderstanding singing
A singing rodeo rider hires on at an expensive all-women dude ranch and beauty spa. He falls for a pretty fitness trainer who is constantly threatened by a gang who wants her late grandfather's cache of gold hidden in a ghost town.
5.9/10
Musical
USA
1968
90 Minutes
Director
Elvis Presley Michele Carey Don Porter Rudy Vallee Dick Sargent Sterling Holloway Celeste Yarnall Eddie Hodges Joan Shawlee Mary Grover Emily Banks
elvis presley landlady photographer amusing passionate office building united states photo shoot secret double life love discovery 1960s
Photographer Greg Nolan moonlights in two full-time jobs to pay the rent, but has trouble finding time to do them both without his bosses finding out.
5.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Director
George M. Cohan Claudette Colbert Jimmy Durante
A presidential candidate is deemed to have a dull personality, thus a charismatic look-alike is hired as a front.
5.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1966
90 Minutes
Director
Elvis Presley Shelley Fabares Diane McBain Deborah Walley Cecil Kellaway Una Merkel Jack Mullaney Will Hutchins
journalist heiress rock star millionaire race car driver drummer lighthearted amusing santa barbara, calif. racetrack concert stage car rock 'n' roll love triangle racing marriage commitment romance rivalry love
Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful rich girl and driving her father's car in a prestigious race.
5.8/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1951
95 Minutes
Director
Jane Powell Danielle Darrieux Wendell Corey Vic Damone Fernando Lamas Marcel Dalio Una Merkel Richard Anderson Jean Murat Hans Conried Monique Chantal
rancher daughter nightclub employee seducer mother boyfriend mushy spirited playful paris nightclub hotel restaurant father/daughter relationship mother/daughter relationship secret marital problems reunion culture clash love
Jim Stauton Rogers, a Texas rancher turned international diplomat, takes his young daughter, Elizabeth Rogers, on a trip to Paris. He is concerned that his daughter might come in contact ... See full summary »
5.8/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
97 Minutes
Director
Jack Oakie Lyda Roberti Bing Crosby Ethel Merman Charles Ruggles Wendy Barrie Carlos Gardel
Spud Miller hopes to save his struggling radio station by winning a broadcast competition, with the help of the Radio Eye, an invention that can display live events from anywhere in the world.
5.7/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1961
98 Minutes
Director
Pat Boone Buddy Hackett Barbara Eden Dennis O'Keefe Warren Berlinger Gale Gordon David Brandon Bartlett Robinson
Story of a Navy ship with a captain obsessed with catching a fish, a singing executive officer wanting to get married, and an Indian with a turkey as a pet. With Pat Boone as the hopeful ... See full summary »
5.7/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1962
106 Minutes
Director
Elvis Presley Laurel Goodwin Stella Stevens Jeremy Slate Benson Fong Guy Lee Frank Puglia Lili Valenty
fisherman love interest guide boss rich girl rival endearing playful amusing boat pacific ocean hawaii seaside courtship aspirations seafaring love triangle career vs. love quest love
When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, a sailor has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel.
5.6/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1930
75 Minutes
Director
Rex Lease is the football hero whose temper and drinking threaten his spot on the team, and his romantic life..but his naive comical roommate (Benny Rubin) remains his steadfast supporter. ... See full summary »
5.3/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1967
90 Minutes
Director
Elvis Presley Annette Day John Williams Yvonne Romain The Wiere Brothers Chips Rafferty Michael Murphy Monty Landis
double heiress singer engaging london trouble women touring love
When singer Guy Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling jewel thieves, and a mysterious killer.
4.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1965
89 Minutes
Director
Frankie Avalon Deborah Walley Cesar Romero Fred Clark Gale Gordon Harvey Lembeck John Ashley Buster Keaton Reginald Gardiner Eve Arden
sergeant general chimpanzee pilot bride outlandish wild parade outer space hotel military base marriage space travel impersonation adventure transformation 1960s
An astronaut goes into space with a chimpanzee. When they return to Earth after their orbit, it is discovered that the chimp has the brains of the astronaut, and the astronaut has the brains of the chimp. Complications ensue.
Comedy
1959
89 Minutes
Director
Jerry Lewis Dina Merrill Diana Spencer
The Navy expects a veteran (Jerry Lewis) to pay for the ship he commanded, as they have no record of its return.
Comedy, Drama
1942
88 Minutes
Director
Mickey Rooney Edmund Gwenn Ian Hunter Freddie Bartholomew Marta Linden Juanita Quigley Alan Mowbray Peter Lawford Raymond Severn
teenager sister mother stepfather stepbrother girlfriend spirited amusing england eton college london estate field racetrack americans abroad college athletics family false accusations jealousy education
A rowdy American boy's (Mickey Rooney) British stepfather (Ian Hunter) puts him in a stuffy prep school.
Comedy
1955
102 Minutes
Director
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Diana Lynn Nina Foch Raymond Burr Mitzi McCall Veda Ann Borg Margery Maude Romo Vincent Nancy Kulp Milton Frome
schoolteacher assistant bumbler fiancé gangster coworker madcap lighthearted playful train prep school barbershop train station heist disguise travel misunderstanding unlikely criminal escape discovery
Fleeing a jewel thief, a barber (Jerry Lewis) poses as a child with a woman (Diana Lynn) on a train and hides at a girls school.
Musical
1940
100 Minutes
Director
Judy Garland George Murphy Charles Winninger Douglas McPhail Arthur Shields Rita Page Forrester Harvey James Burke George Watts John Raitt Pat O'Malley
wife irishman police officer love interest sergeant daughter amusing lighthearted uplifting tender ireland new york city house ballroom street cab immigration family feud father/daughter relationship pride
A New York policeman (George Murphy) approves of his daughter's (Judy Garland) suitor; her grandfather (Charles Winninger) does not.
Romance
1941
85 Minutes
Director
Rosalind Russell Walter Pidgeon Edward Arnold Lee Bowman Jean Rogers Mary Beth Hughes Guy Kibbee Barbara Jo Allen Leon Belasco Bobby Larson Charles Coleman
judge businessman wife reporter sculptor boyfriend madcap playful confident new york city courtroom cape cod studio street deception impersonation law judgment divorce journalism
A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit.
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