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    Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (/ˈmæŋkəwɪts/; February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a...
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  • essays about Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Dick, Bernard F. (1983). Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Twayne Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8057-9291-1. Geist, Kenneth L. (1978). Pictures...
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  • (daughter of Joseph) Francis Mankiewicz (1944–1993), Canadian filmmaker, second cousin once removed to Herman J. Mankiewicz and Joseph L. Mankiewicz This page...
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  • grandson of famed screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz and grand-nephew of screenwriter, producer and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz. He is the older brother of radio...
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    Austrian-born actress Rose Stradner and the celebrated screenwriter/director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, son of German-Jewish immigrants. In 1950, his father, after winning...
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    father accepted a teaching position. In 1909, Herman's brother, Joseph L. Mankiewicz—who later became a successful writer, producer, and director—was...
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  • Kane. His uncle, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, directed such films as All About Eve and Cleopatra. His brother was television writer Don Mankiewicz. They grew up...
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    replied, "Don't worry, I'll cut you down to my size." In another, Joseph L. Mankiewicz reportedly said, "Don't worry, Kate, he'll cut you down to size."...
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  • William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (category Films directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
    American film adaptation of the Shakespearean play, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by John Houseman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It stars Marlon...
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  • People Will Talk (category Films directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
    romantic comedy/drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck from a screenplay by Mankiewicz, based on the German play by Curt...
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    Woman of the Year (category Films produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
    work on the rewritten ending by John Lee Mahin), and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The film's plot is about the relationship between Tess Harding—an...
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    screenwriter, producer, and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and the brother of NBC News reporter Josh Mankiewicz. He attended Georgetown Day School for...
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    Cleopatra (1963 film) (category Films directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
    American epic historical drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with a screenplay adapted by Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman from the...
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    All About Eve (category Films directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
    About Eve is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on the 1946 short...
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    him a starring role in Somewhere in the Night (1946), directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Hodiak acted with Lucille Ball in MGM's Two Smart People (1946)...
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    Godfather trilogy, winning for the second film. John Ford (1940–1941), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1949–1950), and Alejandro González Iñárritu (2014–2015) are the...
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  • The Barefoot Contessa (category Films directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
    Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz about the life and loves of fictional Spanish sex symbol Maria Vargas...
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  • The Keys of the Kingdom (film) (category Films produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
    by Nunnally Johnson, directed by John M. Stahl, and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. It stars Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, and Vincent Price, and tells...
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  • No Way Out (1950 film) (category Films directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
    No Way Out is a 1950 American crime drama film noir directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Sidney Poitier in his film debut, alongside Richard Widmark...
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  • A Letter to Three Wives (category Films directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
    The film was adapted by Vera Caspary and written for the screen by Joseph L. Mankiewicz from A Letter to Five Wives, a story by John Klempner that appeared...
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  • Rose Stradner (category Mankiewicz family)
    other leading men of her era. She was married to the film director Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Stradner was born in Vienna, Austria on July 31, 1913. While still...
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  • Suddenly, Last Summer (film) (category Films directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
    shot in England, Spain and the Balearic Islands. It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Sam Spiegel from a screenplay by Gore Vidal and Williams...
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  • House of Strangers (category Films directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
    directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, and Richard Conte. The screenplay by Philip Yordan and Mankiewicz (who chose...
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    writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's A Letter to Three Wives (1949), left a mark, although Ritter was again uncredited. Mankiewicz kept Ritter in mind...
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  • Guys and Dolls (film) (category Films directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
    and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay. The film is based on the 1950 Broadway...
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  • 5 Fingers (category Films directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
    Five Fingers, is a 1952 American film noir spy film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Otto Lang. The screenplay written by Michael Wilson...
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  • Dragonwyck (film) (category Films directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
    was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and Ernst Lubitsch (uncredited), from a screenplay by Mankiewicz, based on the novel...
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  • won six Oscars, including Best Picture, and earned writer/director Joseph L. Mankiewicz his second consecutive Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay...
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  • original stories. The first person to win twice in this category was Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who won the award in two consecutive years, 1949 and 1950. Others...
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    leading man Gary Merrill, which led to marriage. The film's director Joseph L. Mankiewicz later remarked: "Bette was letter perfect. She was syllable-perfect...
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