Melvin Frank
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Melvin Frank (13 August 1913 – 13 October 1988) was an American screenwriter, film director, and film producer.
He is best known for his film productions including Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), The Court Jester (1956), and A Touch of Class (1973).
Life and career
Frank, the son of a Jewish family, met his future collaborator Norman Panama in 1933 at the University of Chicago. They met in 1935 and married for four decades; first writing for Milton Berle before becoming writers for Bob Hope's radio show. They sold their first script, My Favorite Blonde (1942), which starred Hope, in 1941.
They were with Paramount for five years, among other things, they wrote Road to Utopia (1946), starring Hope and Bing Crosby, for which they were awarded an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. They went to Columbia Pictures in The Return of October (1947) and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) for RKO.
They signed a writing, producing, and directing contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1950 and produced films as co-writers, co-directors, and co-producers. They started with The Reformer and the Redhead (1950) and later made Knock on Wood (1954) and The Court Jester (1956), with Danny Kaye and the former winning them another Academy Award nomination. They co-wrote White Christmas (1954) with Norman Krasna. In 1956, the two wrote a Broadway play together, which was later turned into Li'l Abner (1959), directed by Frank. They received another Academy Award nomination for The Facts of Life (1960) and then worked on The Road to Hong Kong (1962).
Frank went on to a fruitful career as a film producer, notably directing the acclaimed romantic comedy A Touch of Class (1973), starring George Segal and Glenda Jackson. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Writing, Story, and Screenplay Based on Factual Information or Information Not Previously Published or Produced (with Jack Rose) and Jackson received the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role. The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976), as well as Lost and Found (1979), Frank's subsequent films.
Frank was nominated for five Academy Awards over the course of his career. He was given the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America in 1984.
Frank died on the following day after having open heart surgery on October 12, 1988.
Anne Ray, Frank's younger sister of actress Jigee Viertel, was Frank's first wife. Juliet was still married to his second wife at the time of his death. Elizabeth Frank, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Elizabeth Frank and her sons Andrew and James, as well as Dr. James, had three children.