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Director
Frank Tashlin
Defining Films
Profile
Frank Tashlin was an American animator and live-action film director known for his energetic slapstick comedy style and visual gags influenced by his animation background. He directed numerous comedies in the 1950s and 1960s, frequently collaborating with Jerry Lewis and other comedy stars, bringing cartoon-like exaggeration to live-action filmmaking. His distinctive directorial style combined rapid-fire editing, absurdist humor, and physical comedy to create highly entertaining and visually inventive films.
Filmography (72)
Caprice
The Glass-Bottom Boat
The Alphabet Murders
The Man from the Diners’ Club
My Favorite Spy
The Lemon Drop Kid
A Woman of Distinction
The Fuller Brush Girl
The Fuller Brush Girl
Kill the Umpire
The Good Humor Man
Love Happy
Love Happy
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Red, Hot and Blue
The Paleface
A Southern Yankee
One Touch of Venus
The Fuller Brush Man
The Fuller Brush Man
Variety Girl
The Way of Peace
Ladies Man
A Night in Casablanca
Hare Remover
Double Rhythm
Double Rhythm
Pepito’s Serenade
Pepito’s Serenade
Choo Choo Amigo
Choo Choo Amigo
The Lady Said No
Monsieur Beaucaire
Behind the Meat-Ball
Delightfully Dangerous
Delightfully Dangerous
The Unruly Hare
A Tale of Two Mice
Nasty Quacks
I Got Plenty of Mutton
Booby Hatched
Brother Brat
Censored
Plane Daffy
The Chow Hound
The Stupid Cupid
The Swooner Crooner
The Swooner Crooner
The Goldbrick
Scrap Happy Daffy
Porky Pig’s Feat
The Home Front
Puss ‘n’ Booty
Song of Victory
A Hollywood Detour
The Fox and the Grapes
The Tangled Angler
Now that Summer Is Gone
Little Pancho Vanilla
The Major Lied ‘Til Dawn
You’re an Education
Wholly Smoke
Porky the Fireman
Porky’s Spring Planting
Cracked Ice
Have You Got Any Castles ?
Porky at the Crocadero
Porky’s Road Race
Porky’s Double Trouble
Speaking of the Weather
Porky’s Building
The Case of the Stuttering Pig
The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
Porky’s Railroad
Porky’s Romance
Porky’s Poultry Plant
Little Beau Porky
Porky in the North Woods
Buddy’s Beer Garden
Hook & Ladder Hokum (codirected with George Stallings
Hook & Ladder Hokum (codirected with George Stallings