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During his over 40-year career in Hollywood, Mankiewicz wrote approximately 48 screenplays. He also produced more than 20 films, including The Philadelphia Story (1940) which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Woman of the Year (1942), for which he introduced Katharine Hepburn to Spencer Tracy.
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- 4, including Tom Mankiewicz
- 1929–1972
Aug 29, 2011 · The brilliant films and career of Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909-1993) have long occupied a paradoxical and stubbornly unclassifiable place in the history of the American cinema. In many ways Mankiewicz's immeasurable talents as both screenwriter and director seem to be neatly summarized in All About Eve, the dazzling and trenchant satire of ...
His more intimate films like The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), The Barefoot Contessa (1954)--his only original screenplay--and The Honey Pot (1967) are major artistic achievements as well, showing Mankiewicz as a witty dialoguist, a master in the use of flashback and a talented actors' director (he favored English actors and had in Rex Harrison a ...
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Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (1950) Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (1951) National Board of Review Award for Best Film; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Apr 2, 2014 · Director Ernst Lubitsch's ill-health allowed Mankiewicz to helm his own screenplay of Dragonwyck, a 1946 Gothic mystery starring Gene Tierney and Vincent Price. It was a rocky start. That and...
Apr 24, 2024 · Mankiewicz received a nomination for writing (story and screenplay). Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift in Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), directed by Joseph Mankiewicz. In 1955 Mankiewicz directed his first musical, Guys and Dolls, which was based on a popular Broadway play.
Escape ( tt0040325 ) at IMDb. Escape ( 41599 ) at TheMovieDB.org. 11987. August 1, 2021 Escape screenplay, Escape script, John Galsworthy, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Philip Dunne. Julius Caesar Script. Year: 1953. Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Written by: William Shakespeare (Theatre Play), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Screenplay)
