* Chicago, IL 23.2.1899, - † Palm Desert, CA 7.4.1981

Archetypal "contract" studio director who entered films as an actor, began making
comedy shorts, and moved up to features in the late 1920's. Working most often for
MGM and Paramount, Taurog specialized in comedies and other light entertainments,
though he made several dramas as well, such as THE BEGINNING OR THE END (1947),
about the birth of the atomic bomb.

By the mid-50s he was directing formula vehicles for box-office stars such as
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis and Elvis Presley.

Filmografie

1921   THE RENT COLLECTOR       
1928   THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER   
1928   THE GHETTO 
1929   LUCKY BOY   
1930   FOLLOW THE LEADER         
1930   HOT CURVES 
1930   SUNNY SKIES
1930   TROOPERS THREE    
1931   FINN AND HATTIE    
1931   HUCKLEBERRY FINN  
1931   NEWLY RICH 
1931   SKIPPY        
1931   SOOKY         
1932   HOLD 'EM JAIL        
1932   IF I HAD A MILLION  
1932   THE PHANTOM PRESIDENT  
1933   A BEDTIME STORY   
1933   THE WAY TO LOVE  
1934   COLLEGE RHYTHM    
1934   MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH     
1934   WE'RE NOT DRESSING        
1935   THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1936      
1936   REUNION       director
1936   RHYTHM ON THE RANGE     
1936   STRIKE ME PINK      
1937   FIFTY ROADS TO TOWN     
1937   YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING      
1938   THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER        
1938   BOYS TOWN 
1938   THE GIRL DOWNSTAIRS      
1938   MAD ABOUT MUSIC  
1939   LUCKY NIGHT
1940   BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940       
1940   LITTLE NELLIE KELLY
1940   YOUNG TOM EDISON
1941   DESIGN FOR SCANDAL       
1941   MEN OF BOYS TOWN
1942   ARE HUSBANDS NECESSARY?        
1942   A YANK AT ETON     
1943   GIRL CRAZY  
1943   PRESENTING LILY MARS     
1946   THE HOODLUM SAINT        
1947   THE BEGINNING OR THE END         
1948   THE BIG CITY
1948   THE BRIDE GOES WILD       
1948   WORDS AND MUSIC 
1949   THAT MIDNIGHT KISS        
1950   MRS. O'MALLEY AND MR. MALONE  
1950   PLEASE BELIEVE ME           
1950   THE TOAST OF NEW ORLEANS      
1951   RICH, YOUNG AND PRETTY  
1952   JUMPING JACKS       
1952   ROOM FOR ONE MORE/THE EASY WAY     
1953   THE CADDY   
1953   THE STARS ARE SINGING    
1953   THE STOOGE 
1954   LIVING IT UP 
1955   YOU'RE NEVER TOO YOUNG   
1956   THE BIRDS AND THE BEES  
1956   BUNDLE OF JOY       
1956   PARDNERS    
1957   THE FUZZY PINK NIGHTGOWN       
1958   ONIONHEAD  
1959   DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP    
1960   G.I. BLUES    
1960   VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET 
1961   ALL HANDS ON DECK
1961   BLUE HAWAII director
1962   GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!
1963   IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR       
1963   PALM SPRINGS WEEKEND    
1965   DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE BIKINI MACHINE 
1965   SERGEANT DEADHEAD        
1965   TICKLE ME    
1966   SPINOUT      
1967   DOUBLE TROUBLE    
1968   LIVE A LITTLE, LOVE A LITTLE      
1968   SPEEDWAY