In brief
Norman Krasna (November 7, 1909 – November 1, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, producer, and occasional film director renowned for his witty screwball comedies that often revolved around mistaken identities and romantic entanglements.
Born in Queens, New York, Krasna initially pursued a legal education at New York University, Columbia University, and St. John's University law school before abandoning those plans to enter journalism. He began his career as a copy boy at the New York World in 1928, quickly advancing to drama critic for that publication, the New York Evening Graphic, and the film trade paper Exhibitors Herald. In 1931, while working as a publicist at Warner Bros., his Broadway debut, Louder, Please, opened, and he soon began contributing original stories to Hollywood films, including treatments for Fritz Lang's Fury (1936) and You and Me (1938). His second play, Small Miracle (1934), enjoyed a successful Broadway run, paving the way for screenwriting contracts at Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he co-wrote The Big City (1937) starring Spencer Tracy and Luise Rainer.
Norman Krasna was born on November 7, 1909, in the Corona section of Queens, New York City. He was born to Jewish parents.
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