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| name = Norman Thaddeus Vane | image = | alt = | caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|7|7|mf=y}} |birth_place = Brookhaven, New York |death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|5|2|1928|7|7|mf=y}} |death_place = Hollywood, California | nationality = | other_names = Norman T. Vane | known_for = | occupation = Film director, screenwriter, and producer }} Norman Thaddeus Vane (July 7, 1928 – May 2, 2015) was a screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director. He served as writer for the 1968 film Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter, and in the subsequent year was writer and associate producer of the movie Lola. He wrote the screenplay for the 1972 film, Once Upon a Time in New York. Vane went on to direct the 1983 film, Frightmare, and continue contributing to writing films including The Black Room in 1984. CareerVane's first play, "The Penguin", opened Off-Broadway in 1952 starring Martin Landau, to stellar reviews. His Broadway debut, "Harbor Lights", ran for only four performances. Vane spent most of the 1960s and early 1970s in London, where he wrote and directed his first two films, "Conscience Bay" and "The Fledglings"; ran two nightclubs, including Esmeralda's Barn, which was eventually sold to the British gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray; and was a regular contributor to Penthouse Magazine. In the mid-1960s, he married Sarah Caldwell, then 16 years old, and later cast her in the 1968 film Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter. He was writer and associate producer of the 1969 movie Lola, starring Charles Bronson which was based loosely on his marriage to Caldwell. (The two divorced by the late 1960s.) [1] He wrote the screenplay for the 1972 mafia film, Once Upon a Time in New York. In 1976, Vane wrote the screenplay and story for the film Shadow of the Hawk, starring Jan-Michael Vincent and Marilyn Hassett.[2][3] He served as director and screenwriter of the 1983 film Frightmare,[2] starring Ferdy Mayne.[4] The film included satirical references to the 1931 film Dracula.[5] Vane was writer and director{{Citation needed|date=February 2017}} of the 1984 film The Black Room, starring Cassandra Gaviola.[5] Vane wrote, directed and produced the film Club Life, which starred Tony Curtis, Dee Wallace, and Michael Parks.[6][7] Vane's directing in Club Life received positive reception, with Lou Lumenick of The Record writing, "writer-director Norman Thaddeus Vane keeps a firm narrative grip on the proceedings, packing 14 musical numbers and three major fight sequences into its taut, 90-minute running time."[8] Vane's work on the film received a more critical reception from Ernest Tucker in the Chicago Sun-Times, writing, "'Club Life' is like watching Dante's Inferno written on an Etch-a-Sketch. This vision comes from writer-director Norman Thaddeus Vane, whose 'Frightmare' film earned solid marks in the horror genre."[9] He was writer and director of the 1989 film Midnight;[2] the film is also known by the title Midnight for Morticia.[10] Vane produced the film with Gloria J. Morrison.[11] It starred Tony Curtis, Rita Gam, Frank Gorshin, Wolfman Jack, Kathleen Kinmont, and Lynn Redgrave.[10] According to Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, following the video publication of the film a director's cut was featured in "theatrical showings".[12] Vane produced and directed the film Taxi Dancers, about a woman's adventures as a taxi dancer.[13] The film was shown at the Cannes Film Festival.[13] In a review of the film for Daily Variety, critic Leonard Klady wrote, "Writer/director/producer Norman Thaddeus Vane encourages a shrill acting style reminiscent of 1950s expose features."[14] His final film, "You're So Dead", was never distributed. He died on May 2, 2015, from heart failure at age 86.[15] FilmographyFilm
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References1. ^{{cite news|title=Enviable Debauchery: Interview with Norman Thaddeus Vane|url=http://hidden-films.com/2012/01/20/enviable-debauchery-interview-with-norman-thaddeus-vane/|first=Sam|last=Weisberg|publisher=Hidden Films|accessdate=Jan 20, 2012}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite book|pages=232, 559|first=R. G. |last=Young|title=The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies|publisher=Applause Books|year=2000|isbn=1-55783-269-2}} 3. ^{{cite book|page=210|title=Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928–1982|first=Michael R. |last=Pitts|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0-7864-4447-9}} 4. ^{{cite book|page=120|first=Staci Layne |last=Wilson|title=50 Years of Ghost Movies|publisher=Running Free Press|isbn=0-9675185-2-0|year=2007}} 5. ^1 {{cite book|pages=25, 106|first=Donald C. |last=Willis|title=Horror and Science Fiction Films III (1981–1983)|publisher=The Scarecrow Press|year=1995|isbn=0-8108-1723-3}} 6. ^{{cite news|first=Janet|last=Maslin|work=The New York Times |page=C9|title=Film: 'Club Life'|date=3 April 1987}} 7. ^{{cite book|page=431|title=Guida ai film 2009|year=2008|first=Leonard|last=Maltin|authorlink=Leonard Maltin|isbn=88-6018-163-1|language=Italian|publisher=B.C. Dalai}} 8. ^{{cite news|first=Lou|last=Lumenick|work=The Record|title='Club Life': Jerseyans take on Tinseltown|date=3 April 1987 |page=25|publisher=Bergen Record Corp.}} 9. ^{{cite news|work=Chicago Sun-Times|first=Ernest|last=Tucker|title=Blunt and boring 'Club Life' offers little adult appeal|date=27 April 1987 |page=35}} 10. ^1 {{cite book|page=149|title=Time Capsule: Reviews of Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films and TV Shows from 1987–1991|publisher=IUniverse|isbn=0-595-21336-7|year=2002|first=J. P. |last=Harris}} 11. ^{{cite news|title=Don't stay up for Midnight|date=12 September 1989 |last=Coto|first=Juan Carlos|page=7C|work=The Miami Herald}} 12. ^{{cite book|title=Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide|year=2008|page=905|first=Leonard|last=Maltin|authorlink=Leonard Maltin|publisher=Plume|isbn=0-452-28978-5}} 13. ^1 {{cite news|date=15 May 1994|work=Variety|page=C16|title=What's for sale at market}} 14. ^{{cite news|work=Daily Variety|title=Taxi Dancer|date=11 March 1993|first=Leonard |last=Klady }} 15. ^{{cite web|first=Sam |last=Weisberg|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/norman-thaddeus-vane-dead-frightmare-793037 |title=Norman Thaddeus Vane Dead: 'Frightmare' Director Was 86 |work=Hollywood Reporter |date= |accessdate=2015-05-04}} Further reading
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