Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993)
Author of Guys and Dolls [1955 film]
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Image credit: Joseph Leo Mankiewicz
Works by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
20th Century Fox Studio Classics Collection: Volume 2 (An Affair to Remember / Leave Her to Heaven / A Letter to Three… (2010) — Director — 14 copies
The Marlon Brando Collection (Julius Caesar / Mutiny on the Bounty 1962 / Reflections in a Golden Eye / The Teahouse of… — Director — 6 copies
20th Century Fox Studio Classics Collection: Volume 9 (All About Eve / Beyond the Valley of the Dolls / The Inn of the… (2010) — Director — 5 copies
20th Century Fox Best Picture Collection: All About Eve / The Sound of Music / How Green was My Valley / Gentleman's… — Director — 4 copies
MGM Classic Musicals Collection — Director — 4 copies
Cary Grant Studio Stars Collection: An Affair to Remember / Kiss Them for Me / People Will Talk / Born to be Bad — Director — 3 copies
Cary Grant 7-Movie Collection — Director — 2 copies
20th Century Fox Presents Classic Award Winners — Director — 2 copies
The Producers [and] Guys and Dolls (Double Feature Video) — Director — 2 copies
Twentieth Century Fox Presents: Studio Classics: The "Best Picture" Collection — Director — 2 copies
Deborah Kerr Collection (From Here To Eternity, The King And I, Julius Caeser, Quo Vadis, Black Narcissus, Bonjour… (2012) — Director — 2 copies
Cary Grant: The Gentleman's Collection (7 DVD Set) [An Affair to Remember, The Bishop's Wife, Born to be Bad, I was a… — Director — 2 copies
The Ghost and Mrs Muir 1 copy
Leading Men Collection, Vol. 3: Love Me Tender / The Mark of Zorro / No Way Out / The Towering Inferno / Von Ryan's… (2013) — Director — 1 copy
The Late George Apley [1947 film] — Director — 1 copy
West Side Story/ Guys and Dolls [DVD] — Director — 1 copy
Frank Sinatra MGM Movie Legends Collection (The Manchurian Candidate / Guys and Dolls / The Pride and the Passion / A… (2012) — Director — 1 copy
Michael Caine Collection - Sleuth | The Italian Job | Alfie | Zulu | Funeral in Berlin — Director — 1 copy
De repente el último verano 1 copy
The Classics: 5 Movies — Director — 1 copy
The Frank Sinatra Collection (Guys and Dolls / A Hole in the Head / The Manchurian Candidate) (2012) 1 copy
Escape 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Mankiewicz, Joseph Leo
- Birthdate
- 1909-02-11
- Date of death
- 1993-02-05
- Burial location
- Saint Matthew's Episcopal Churchyard, Bedford, New York, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
- Place of death
- Bedford, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
New York, New York, USA - Education
- Stuyvesant High School
Columbia University - Occupations
- film director
screenwriter
film producer - Relationships
- Mankiewicz, Herman J. (brother)
Mankiewicz, Tom (son) - Organizations
- Twentieth Century Fox
Paramount Pictures
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Awards and honors
- Italian Order of Merit (1965)
Academy Award (Best Screenplay 1950 ∙ A Letter to Three Wives)
Academy Award (Best Director 1950 ∙ A Letter to Three Wives)
Academy Award (Best Screenplay 1951 ∙ All About Eve)
Academy Award (Best Director 1951 ∙ All About Eve)
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
2022 Movie #119. 1947. Young widow (Tierney) moves to a seaside cottage in 1900 to get away from her in-laws. The cottage is haunted by its former owner, Captain Gray (Harrison). Enjoyable romance. An 8-yo Natalie Wood makes an appearance. The b/w cinematography won an Oscar.
A widow is haunted by a sea captain.
2/4 (Indifferent).
The first half is pretty great. The second half is bafflingly awful. What kind of romantic comedy decides halfway through that it's going to try to be a serious melodrama instead? Why would you do that?
2/4 (Indifferent).
The first half is pretty great. The second half is bafflingly awful. What kind of romantic comedy decides halfway through that it's going to try to be a serious melodrama instead? Why would you do that?
Roman revolution leads to civil war.
Not as good as the play; they cut out way too much. Although, what's there is done quite well. I enjoyed the first hour and a half or so quite a bit, but they chopped the ending to pieces.
Not as good as the play; they cut out way too much. Although, what's there is done quite well. I enjoyed the first hour and a half or so quite a bit, but they chopped the ending to pieces.
A fan attaches herself to an aging actress.
There are probably only four or five actresses in the history of movies that could have taken Davis' character and made her sympathetic; Davis makes her downright lovable. Every now and then a movie like this, that I otherwise might never have seen, reminds me why I'm doing my IMDb's Top 250 project.
Concept: B
Story: A
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: A
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: A
Acting: A
Music: B
Enjoyment: A
GPA: 3.7/4… (more)
There are probably only four or five actresses in the history of movies that could have taken Davis' character and made her sympathetic; Davis makes her downright lovable. Every now and then a movie like this, that I otherwise might never have seen, reminds me why I'm doing my IMDb's Top 250 project.
Concept: B
Story: A
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: A
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: A
Acting: A
Music: B
Enjoyment: A
GPA: 3.7/4… (more)
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