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Emile Norman: By His Own Design

  • TV Movie
  • 2007
  • 57m
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
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Emile Norman: By His Own Design (2007)
BiographyDocumentaryHistoryRomance

Avant garde artist and bohemian Emile Norman is profiled and his life as an out and proud gay man in Big Sur, California is examined.Avant garde artist and bohemian Emile Norman is profiled and his life as an out and proud gay man in Big Sur, California is examined.Avant garde artist and bohemian Emile Norman is profiled and his life as an out and proud gay man in Big Sur, California is examined.

  • Director
    • Will Parrinello
  • Writer
    • Doris Baizley
  • Stars
    • Emile Norman
    • Angus Whyte
    • C. Kevin Smith
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    • IMDb RATING
    8.4/10
    17
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    • Director
      • Will Parrinello
    • Writer
      • Doris Baizley
    • Stars
      • Emile Norman
      • Angus Whyte
      • C. Kevin Smith
    • 1Critic review
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Emile Norman
    • Self
    Angus Whyte
    • Self - Art Dealer
    C. Kevin Smith
    • Self - Writer
    Jeffrey Mallory
    • Self - Information Technologist
    Willa Kim
    • Self - Costume Designer
    Phil Linhares
    • Self - Chief Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of California
    Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire
    • Jed Potter
    • (archive footage)
    Mike Trotter
    • Self - Emile's Caretaker
    Brooks Clement
    • Self
    • (archive sound)
    Henry Miller
    Henry Miller
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Giovanni Boraccini
    • Self - Carrara Marble Quarry Owner
    Joseph Jennings
    • Self - Music Director
    Phil Wilder
    • Self - Singer
    Jill Eikenberry
    Jill Eikenberry
    • Self - Narrator
    • (uncredited)
    Michael Tucker
    Michael Tucker
    • Self - Narrator
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Will Parrinello
    • Writer
      • Doris Baizley
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    • Trivia
      Emile Norman's life partner, Brooks Clement, was with him for thirty years, from 1943 until Brooks' death from cancer in 1973.
    • Connections
      Features Blue Skies (1946)
    • Soundtracks
      My Buddy
      Performed by Frank Sinatra & Harry James
      and his orchestra
      Written by Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
      courtesy of Columbia Records
      Sony BMG.

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    • Release date
      • June 23, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • The Emile Norman Documentary Project
      • KQED
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      57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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