Norman Rosemont

American film producer

Norman Rosemont (December 12, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York – April 22, 2018 in Scottsdale, Arizona) was an American producer of films, television, and theatre.^[1]^[2]

He worked as a press agent before moving into theatre. He worked as a general manager of Lerner and Loewe, then began producing TV specials.^[2]

He then produced movies for television.^[3] He specialized in adaptations of classic novels.^[4] "The great classic authors wrote good stories with strong plots about people you could care for. And filming them at length - usually three hours - you can get most of the plot in."^[5]

Awards

Rosemont won the 1980 Emmy for outstanding children's programme for the TV movie The Secret Garden, first shown in 1987.^[6] All Quiet on the Western Front won the 1980 Golden Globe for best motion picture made for television.^[7]

Select credits

The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe (1962) - TV special
An Hour with Robert Goulet (1964) - TV special
Drat! The Cat! (1965) - Broadway musical
Brigadoon (1966) - TV movie
Carousel (1967) - TV movie
Kismet (1967) - TV movie
Kiss Me Kate (1968) - TV movie
Stiletto (1969)
The Bob Goulet Show (1970) - TV special
The Man Without a Country (1973) - TV movie
Miracle on 34th Street (1973) - TV movie
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974) - TV movie
Great Expectations (1974) - TV movie
The Red Badge of Courage (1974) - TV movie
The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) - TV movie
The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1976)- TV special
The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) - TV movie
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (1977).- TV movie
Captains Courageous (1977) - TV movie
The Four Feathers (1978) - TV movie
Les Miserables (1978) - TV movie
The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) - TV movie
Pleasure Palace (1980) - TV movie
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) - TV movie
A Tale of Two Cities (1980) - TV movie
Big Bend Country (1981) - TV movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) - TV movie
Ivanhoe (1982) - TV movie
Witness for the Prosecution (1982) - TV movie
Master of the Game (1984) - TV mini series
Camille (1984) - TV movie
The Corsican Brothers (1985) - TV movie
The Christmas Gift (1986) - TV movie
The Secret Garden (1987) - TV movie
CBS Summer Playhouse - "My Africa" (1988)
The Tenth Man (1988) - TV movie
Long Road Home (1991) - TV movie
Ironclads (1991) - TV movie
Shadow of a Doubt (1991) - TV movie
Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors (1993) - TV movie
The Haunting of Helen Walker (1995) - TV movie
A Knight in Camelot (1998) - TV movie
Back to the Secret Garden (2000) - TV movie

Theatre Credits

My Fair Lady - company manager
Drat! The Cat! (1965) - producer

References

^ "Norman Rosemont, Producer Who Translated Stage, Film Classics for TV, Dies at 93". The Hollywood Reporter. May 8, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Carras, Christi (May 8, 2018). "TV Producer Norman Rosemont Dies at 93". Variety. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
^ "Norman Rosemont". BFI. Archived from the original on March 24, 2019.
^ "Norman Rosemont Productions". BFI. Archived from the original on March 24, 2019.
^ Why Norman Rosemont Likes to Film the Classics: Norman Rosemont's TV Films By DAVID LEWIN. New York Times November 23, 1980: D35.
^ "Norman Rosemont". Television Academy.
^ "All Quiet on the Western Front". www.goldenglobes.com.