| 词条 | Melvin Frank |
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| name = Melvin Frank | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1913|08|13}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois | birth_name = | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|10|13|1913|08|13}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California | residence = | nationality = United States | education = B.A. University of Chicago | occupation = Screenwriter, film director, film producer | known_for = | religion = | networth = | spouse = Anne Ray ({{abbr|m.|married}} ??; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} ??) Juliet ({{abbr|m.|married}} ??) | children = 3; including Elizabeth Frank | parents = | family = | website = }} Melvin Frank (13 August 1913 – 13 October 1988) was an American screenwriter, film producer and film director. He is known for his work on films such as Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), The Court Jester (1956), and A Touch of Class (1973). Life and careerBorn to a Jewish family,[1] Frank graduated from the University of Chicago, where he met his future collaborator Norman Panama.[2] They went on to form a writing partnership which endured for three decades. Some of their most notable films as co-writers include Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) and White Christmas (1954), among many others, and co-directing films such as The Court Jester (1956). They wrote a Broadway play together, later adapted into Li'l Abner (1959), directed by Frank. They also worked on Road to Utopia (1946) and The Road to Hong Kong (1962). Frank went on to a successful solo career as a film director, most 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 Jackson won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role. Subsequent films directed by Frank include The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976) and Lost and Found (1979). Over the course of his career, Frank was nominated for five Academy Awards. In 1984, he received the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America. Frank's first wife was Anne Ray, younger sister of actress Jigee Viertel.[3] At the time of his death he was still married to his second wife, Juliet. He had three children, Pulitzer Prize-winning daughter Elizabeth Frank and sons Andrew and James.[2][4] Selected filmography
References1. ^{{cite book |last=Erens |first=Patricia |title=The Jew in American Cinema |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=1998 |pages=392 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-v2Di_5ShGMC&pg=PA392&lpg=PA392&dq=melvin%20Frank&f=false#v |isbn=978-0-253-20493-6}} 2. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/15/obituaries/melvin-frank-producer-director-and-writer-of-movies-dies-at-75.html |title=Melvin Frank, Producer, Director and Writer of Movies, Dies at 75 |first=Glenn |last=Collins |work=The New York Times |date=1988-10-15 |accessdate=2018-01-28}} 3. ^{{cite book |last=Beck |first=Nicholas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ARVN1XfbisC&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=beautiful%20Virginia&f=false#v=onepage&q=virginia&f=false |title= Budd Schulberg: A Bio-bibliography |isbn=9780810840355 | publisher= Scarecrow Press | date=October 2001 |page=13}} 4. ^TCM Database entry External links
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