Norman Krasna

Norman Krasna

American dramatist, screenwriter, and film director (1909–1984)

Norman Krasna was an American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and film director who penned screwball comedies centered on a case of mistaken identity. Krasna directed three films during a forty-year career in Hollywood. He garnered four Academy Award screenwriting nominations, winning once for 1943's Princess O'Rourke, which he also directed. Krasna wrote a number of successful Broadway plays, including Dear Ruth and John Loves Mary.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 20 films (1932–1960) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 25 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1960 Let's Make Love Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 1:59:00 16mm Color sound
1960 Let's Make Love. Company of Artists Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 109 min 35mm Color sound
1960 Who Was That Lady Ideal Pictures Inc 115 min 16mm Color & B&W sound
1958 INDISCREET. Grandon Productions Ltd. 10 reels 35mm Color sound
1954 White Christmas. Paramount Pictures Corp. 13 reels 35mm Color sound
1952 Clash by night Inc. (Publisher) 1:45:00 16mm B&W sound
1951 Two Tickets To Broadway See Guidance Associates 106 min 16mm Color sound
1950 The Big Hangover. Loew's Inc. 82 min. 35mm B&W sound
1944 Practically Yours. Mitchell Leisen 9 reels B&W
1938 The First Hundred Years Norwood Films 73 min 16mm B&W sound
1938 THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS. Loew's Inc. 8 reels B&W
1938 THREE LOVES HAS NANCY. Loew's Inc. 7 reels B&W
1937 BIG CITY. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 8 reels B&W
1937 THE KING AND THE CHORUS GIRL. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 10 reels B&W
1936 IT HAD TO HAPPEN. Fox Film Corp 79 min B&W
1934 THE COUNTESS OF MONTE CRISTO. Universal Pictures Corp. 8 reels B&W
1933 Bombshell ▶ Victor Fleming 96 min B&W
1933 BOMBSHELL. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels B&W
1933 LOVE, HONOR, AND OH BABY. Universal Pictures Corp. 7 reels B&W
1932 HOLLYWOOD SPEAKS. Columbia Pictures Corp. 7 reels B&W