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- Death Takes a Holiday1934
- Remember the Night1940
- Shirley Temple's Storybook1958
- To Each His Own1946
- Hold Back the Dawn1941
- The Mating Season1951
- Easy Living1937
- Frenchman's Creek1944
- Midnight1939
- No Man of Her Own1950
- I Wanted Wings1941
- The Big Broadcast of 19381938
- Variety Girl1947
- Lady in the Dark1944
- Swing High, Swing Low1937
- Bolero1934
- Arise, My Love1940
- Hands Across the Table1935
Art Director. Costume Designer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Mitchell Leisen was born on 6 October 1898 in Menominee, Michigan, USA. He was a director and art director, known for Death Takes a Holiday (1934), The Mating Season (1951) and Hold Back the Dawn (1941). He was married to Stella Yeager.
- Director, Art Director, Costume Designer
- October 6, 1898
- Mitchell Leisen
- October 28, 1972
His best known films include Alberto Casella's adaptation of Death Takes a Holiday and Murder at the Vanities, a musical mystery story (both 1934), as well as Midnight (1939) and Hold Back the Dawn (1941), both scripted by Billy Wilder.
- Sandra Gahle
- James Mitchell Leisen, October 6, 1898, Menominee, Michigan, U.S.
- 1920–1967
- October 28, 1972 (aged 74), Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
1. Midnight (1939) Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance. 7.8. Rate. A chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver. Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Francis Lederer. Votes: 5,603.
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Hold Back the Dawn. No Man of Her Own. Death Takes a Holiday. The Sign of the Cross. Directing. Art. Costume & Make-Up. Acting. Production. Writing. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mitchell Leisen (b. October 6 1898, Menominee, Michigan–d. October 28 1972, Los Angeles) was an American director, art director, and costume designer.
Jun 8, 2021 · Mitchell Leisen: The forgotten legacy of a queer filmmaker. Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 1:00PM. by Cláudio Alves. Sometimes, a writing project can take a life of its own, overwhelming you. That's what happened to me when trying to write about Old Hollywood director Mitchell Leisen.
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