Norman Panama (1914 - 2003) was an American screenwriter and film director. He collaborated with a former schoolfriend, Melvin Frank[?] to form a writing partnership which endured for 3 decades. He also wrote gags for comedians such as Bob Hope and Groucho Marx.
... author, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature
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