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Norman... Is That You? is a 1976 American comedy film directed by George Schlatter and starring Redd Foxx and Pearl Bailey. It is based on the play Norman, Is That You? [ 1 ] . The film version changes the locale from New York City to Los Angeles and substitutes an African American family for a Jewish family in the original play. [ 1 ] Overview. []
Norman... Is That You?: Directed by George Schlatter. With Redd Foxx, Pearl Bailey, Dennis Dugan, Michael Warren. A black man is distraught when he discovers his son is gay and is determined to set him right.
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- Comedy
- George Schlatter
- 1977-05-13
Norman, Is That You? is a 1970 play in two acts by American playwrights Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick about a Jewish couple coming to terms with their son's homosexuality.
Ben (Redd Foxx) loses his wife, Beatrice (Pearl Bailey), to his own brother, so he takes a bus to Los Angeles to seek consolation from his son, Norman (Michael Warren).
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- George Schlatter
- PG
- Redd Foxx
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Norman... Is That You? When his wife runs off with his brother and his car, the owner of a dry-cleaning establishment travels by bus to Los Angeles for comfort and sympathy from his son, who lives there.
Jul 13, 2019 · When one harebrained scheme after another fails to set his son "straight," Ben finds consolation by spending a night on the with Norman's live-in lover — and actually enjoys it!
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- Black Film History
