Norman Krasna

Writer

Born: November 7, 1909 (74 years old)

Died: November 1, 1984

Place of birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Norman Krasna (November 7, 1909 – November 1, 1984) was an American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and film director. He is best known for penning screwball comedies which centered on a case of mistaken identity. Krasna also 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, a film he also directed.

Filmography (38)

• Big City (1937, ★ 7.7)
• Indiscreet (1958, ★ 6.6)
• Clash by Night (1952, ★ 6.7)
• Let's Make Love (1960, ★ 6.4)
• Hands Across the Table (1935, ★ 7)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941, ★ 6)
• Princess O'Rourke (1943, ★ 6.5)
• It Started with Eve (1941, ★ 7.2)
• White Christmas (1954, ★ 7.2)
• Bachelor Mother (1939, ★ 7.2)
• Fury (1936, ★ 7.5)
• The Devil and Miss Jones (1941, ★ 7.7)
• Romance in Manhattan (1935, ★ 7.8)
• Bundle of Joy (1956, ★ 6.4)
• The Flame of New Orleans (1941, ★ 6.6)
• Sunday in New York (1963, ★ 6.8)
• You and Me (1938, ★ 6.6)
• It's a Date (1940, ★ 6.4)
• I'd Rather Be Rich (1964, ★ 6.6)
• The Big Hangover (1950, ★ 6.4)
• Bride by Mistake (1944, ★ 6.7)
• Parole Girl (1933, ★ 6.2)
• Dear Ruth (1947, ★ 6.7)
• The King and the Chorus Girl (1937, ★ 6.2)
• Wife vs. Secretary (1936, ★ 6.7)
• Who Was That Lady? (1960, ★ 6.4)
• Behave Yourself! (1951, ★ 6.2)
• My Geisha (1962, ★ 6.8)
• So This Is Africa (1933, ★ 6.3)
• Bombshell (1933, ★ 6.5)