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Woodland Hills, California, U.S. Occupation (s) Director, Art Director, Costume Designer, Producer. Years active. 1920–1967. Spouse. Sandra Gahle. James Mitchell Leisen (October 6, 1898 – October 28, 1972) was an American director, art director, and costume designer .
May 7, 2024 · Mitchell Leisen (born October 6, 1898, Menominee, Michigan, U.S.—died October 28, 1974, Los Angeles, California) was an American costume designer, art director, and film and television director. He was considered a “woman’s director” by dint of the affinity he demonstrated for actresses.
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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.
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. He died on 28 October 1972 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Oct 20, 2005 · A bisexual enduring psychoanalysis and a sham marriage – plus a string of furtive affairs with young men – Mitchell Leisen in the ’30s was, outwardly, a high-toned sophisticate with a glamorous career but, inwardly, a damaged soul on a quest for impossible love. Such a love was hinted at in his first solo credit.
No Man of Her Own is a 1950 American film noir drama directed by Mitchell Leisen and featuring Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Phyllis Thaxter, Jane Cowl and Lyle Bettger. Made and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the production is the second film Stanwyck made with director Mitchell Leisen.
Leisen’s first film of the 1940s, Remember the Night (1940), featured a funny script by Sturges and starred MacMurray again, this time opposite Barbara Stanwyck, playing a recidivist shoplifter who gets caught at Christmastime. A softhearted prosecutor (MacMurray) takes her home during the court’s holiday recess to his family in Indiana ...
