Film

  • Madison Avenue (1962) More Info from the Internet Movie Database
    This story of the advertising world features, among others, David White (Bewitched's Larry Tate)
  • Story of Ruth, The (1960) More Info from the Internet Movie Database Order DVD
    The story is based, as the name suggests, on the Old Testament story of Ruth
    Tagline: "All The Spectacle Of Heathen Idolatry, Human Sacrifice, Pagan Revels - All The Beauty Of One Of The Bible's Timeless Love Stories! "
  • Naked Maja, The (1959) More Info from the Internet Movie Database Order DVD
    Corwin was chosen for this biopic of the artist Goya after the success of Lust for Life. The producer's "took liberties" with Corwin's script, after which Corwin fought unsucessfully to have his name taken off the resulting movie.
  • Lust for Life (1956) More Info from the Internet Movie Database Order DVD
    This biopic of artist Vincent Van Gogh starred Kirk Douglas and Antony Quinn. It was nominated for four academy awards including best adapted screenplay, and one one of them.
  • No Place to Hide (1956) More Info from the Internet Movie Database
  • Moby Dick (1956) (uncredited) More Info from the Internet Movie Database Order DVD
    Although primary credits for this famous move go to Ray Bradbury and John Huston (as well, of course as Herman Melville for the original book), Corwin had an uncredited contribution to the script [according to the Internet Move Database]
  • Scandal at Scourie (1953) More Info from the Internet Movie Database
    Starred Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, and Agnes Moorehead
  • Blue Veil, The (1951) More Info from the Internet Movie Database
    Starred Jane Wyman, Charles Laughton, Agnes Moorehead, Natalie Wood
  • Once Upon a Time (1944) (story) More Info from the Internet Movie Database
    This comedy starring Carry Grant, was based upon Corwin's radio play My Client Curly
  • Forever and a Day (1943) More Info from the Internet Movie Database
    Corwin is among 22 writers credited for this movie

Television

  • "CBS: On the Air" (1978) (mini) TV Series
    This was a mini-series celebrating the 50th anniversary of CBS. Corwin wrote a poetic tribute to the "Network at 50", read by Walter Cronkite.
  • Judgement: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya - General Yamashita (1974) (TV)
  • "Norman Corwin Presents" (1971) TV Series (writer)
    In 1971, Corwin was given a chance to write and direct his own radio series. Like His radio series' from the 30's and 40's he wrote a new script each week, each unrelated to the others.

Television Appearances (Interviews and Documentaries):

  • The Poet Laureate of Radio: An Interview with Norman Corwin (2007) Order DVD
    Known as the Poet Laureate of Radio, Norman Corwin is one of the greatest writer-producer-directors the Golden Age of Radio ever produced. His plays can be whimsical, musical, poetic, horrific, teeth-rattling, and stomach sinking. He is, quite simply, the master of the art form. His series included "Norman Corwin's Words Without Music," "Columbia Presents Corwin," "Twenty-Six by Corwin" and "One World Flight." Mr. Corwin is responsible for perhaps the single greatest radio broadcast ever, V-E Day's "On a Note of Triumph."

    In December of 2004, filmmaker Michael James Kacey spoke at length with Norman Corwin as part of Mr. Kacey's documentary project "Radio Changed America." Following the interview, Mr. Corwin suggested that the video be made available to the public. Mr. Corwin captivates from first to last frame. His insights and memories range from his earliest recollections of radio to topics such as fascism, the obligation of an artist, the art of directing and even William Shatner.

  • A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (2006) Order DVD
    On the evening of VE Day, May 8, 1945, Norman Corwin, known as the ''poet laureate of radio drama,'' presented a radio program that galvanized and electrified the nation. The broadcast, ''On a Note of Triumph,'' was a moment that would mark the end of a long national struggle, and, in another sense, set a new standard for the art of radio drama. Featuring interviews with Robert Altman, Norman Lear, Studs Terkel and Walter Cronkite, A NOTE OF TRIUMPH: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NORMAN CORWIN examines the greatest radio presentation in the history of the medium and shows how it remains eerily prescient in light of current events. In fall 1944, when the war with Germany was drawing to a close, Norman Corwin began working on a Victory Day show. When VE Day finally did arrive, on May 8, 1945, Corwin was ready with ''On a Note of Triumph,'' in which he proclaimed,''So they've given up!/ They're finally done in and the rat is dead in an alley back of Wilhemstrasse/ Take a bow G.I./ Take a bow Little Guy/ The superman of tomorrow lies at the feet/ Of you common men of this afternoon.'' The one-hour live studio broadcast, with a full orchestra playing Bernard Herrmann`s original score, had an enormous impact, inspiring thousands of calls, letters and telegrams. The show was released as a set of 78-rpm records, which promptly sold out, and a hardcover copy of the script became an instant best seller as well, prompting additional printings. Still powerful six decades later, ''On a Note of Triumph'' is arguably the greatest single radio broadcast of the 20th century.

  • Corwin (1996) Order DVD
    A documentary by filmmaker Les Guthman, and students of the USC School of Journalism.

  • Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (1992) Order DVD

  • Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) Order DVD
    On veteran radio dramatist Norman Corwin's transcription, for example, Burns wrote, "Geoff-This is our Shelby, use it all-KB" (referring to ... historian and gifted storyteller Shelby Foote was utilized throughout The Civil War) -- excerpted from Ken Burns America, pg 91.

  • "World at War, The" (1974) (mini) TV Series Order DVD

Film and TV credit data courtesy, in part, to The Internet Movie Database

Stage

  • The Warrior: An Opera In One Act January 1947 More Info from the Internet Movie Database
  • The World of Carl Sandburg Sep 14, 1960 - Oct 8, 1960 More Info from the Internet Movie Database
  • The Rivalry Feb 7, 1959 - Apr 18, 1959 More Info from the Internet Movie Database
  • Together Tonight: Hamilton, Jefferson, Burr 1975 More Info from the Internet Movie Database

 

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