Frank Tashlin
Birthday: 19 February 1913, Weehawken, New Jersey, USA
Birth Name: Francis Fredrick von Taschlein
Height: 188 cm
Frank Tashlin was born on February 19, 1913 in Weehawken, New Jersey, USA as Francis Fredrick von Taschlein. He was a director and writer, known for The Geisha Boy (1958), Will Success Spoil Rock Hunt ...Show More
[on Jerry Lewis]: Jerry is my best friend - I know if ever I were in any need, all I'd have to do is Show more
[on Jerry Lewis]: Jerry is my best friend - I know if ever I were in any need, all I'd have to do is make a phone call. Sometimes, on a professional basis, he's exasperating, but anyone who's talented is. Hide
[on Robert Morley, 1965]: The dialogue he has come up with! He hasn't said one word as written - tha Show more
[on Robert Morley, 1965]: The dialogue he has come up with! He hasn't said one word as written - thank God! Because this man can sneeze better dialogue than was written. Hide
[on Orson Welles, 1962]: I think Welles is great. There are no better pictures than "Citizen Kane" a Show more
[on Orson Welles, 1962]: I think Welles is great. There are no better pictures than "Citizen Kane" and "The Magnificent Ambersons". A few years ago, when I was working over at RKO, I saw the footage he had shot for that South American picture he never finished, "It's All True". A lot of it was in color. I don't know, I must've sat there maybe ten hours, and I just can't describe it to you. It was like nothing I've ever seen. Fantastic. Hide
[on Tony Randall, 1965]: Randall takes direction beautifully. He filters it through his own mechanis Show more
[on Tony Randall, 1965]: Randall takes direction beautifully. He filters it through his own mechanism. Some comedians imitate their directors. When you're working with Tony, you feel like a ballet master. His technique is as clean as a chess game. His control is beautiful to watch - an acting lesson for anyone interested in the art of acting. Hide
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