Norman Z. McLeod

Norman Z. McLeod was born on Sep 20, 1895 in USA. Norman Z. McLeod's big-screen debut came with Two Flaming Youths directed by John Waters in 1927. Norman Z. McLeod is known for Merrily We Live directed by Norman Z. McLeod, Constance Bennett stars as Jerry Kilbourne and Brian Aherne as Wade Rawlins. The most recent award Norman Z. McLeod achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Norman Z. McLeod plays is Public Pigeon No. 1 which will be released on Mar 29, 1957.

Norman Z. McLeod was one of Hollywood's leading early comedy directors. Born in Grayling, Michigan, he came from a family that had no connections to show business (his father was a clergyman). He was educated at the University of Washington and spent two years as a fighter pilot in the US Army in France during World War I. He actually started out in the film business as an animator, but learned the comedy trade at the Christie Film Co., which specialized in comedy shorts. His first successful full-length film was Taking a Chance (1928) for Fox. He was one of Paramount's top directors when he shot two early films with The Marx Brothers, Monnaie de singe (1931) and Plumes de cheval (1932), both considered among the team's best. Other memorable work from McLeod includes Une riche affaire (1934) with W.C. Fields, Le couple invisible (1937) with Cary Grant and the Danny Kaye comedy La vie secrète de Walter Mitty (1947).