Norman Rosemont (December 12, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York – April 22, 2018 in Scottsdale, Arizona) was an American producer of films, television, and theatre.
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.
He then produced movies for television. He specialized in adaptations of classic novels. "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."Why Norman Rosemont Likes to Film the Classics: Norman Rosemont's TV Films By DAVID LEWIN. New York Times November 23, 1980: D35.
Awards Rosemont won the 1980 Emmy for outstanding children's programme for the TV movie The Secret Garden, first shown in 1987. All Quiet on the Western Front won the 1980 Golden Globe for best motion picture made for television.
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
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