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Norman Taurog
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Director Born: February 23, 1899 in Chicago, IL Death: April 7, 1981 in Rancho Mirage, CA Biography: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 next four decades, right up to the end of the '60s, Taurog was one of Hollywood's busiest directors, winning the "Best Director" Oscar in 1931 for "Skippy", and although he was best known for comedy, he occasionally worked very successfully in more serious movies, most notably "Boys Town" (1938), which got him an Academy Award nomination. Additionally, he directed one of the liveliest and most successful of all movie adaptations of classic literature, "David O. Selznick"'s 1938 production of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", starring "Tommy Kelly", and was in the director's chair for the last of MGM's big pre-war musical showcases, "Broadway Melody of... Full Biography
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