Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Also Known As: Joseph Leo Mankiewicz, Joseph Mankiewicz, Joe Mankiewicz
Biography: Joseph Leo Mankiewicz was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career and is best known as the writer-director of the Oscar-winning All About Eve (1950). He was brother to screenwriter and drama critic Herman J. Mankiewicz who also won an Oscar for co-writing Citizen Kane (1941).
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: February 11, 1909
Age: 116 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 05, 1993
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W.C. Fields: Straight Up
Overview: Documentary directed by Joseph Adamson.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-02
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Backstory: 'All About Eve'
Overview: A documentary about the making of the 1950 film "All About Eve."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-09
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Woman Trap
Overview: The younger brother of a police captain is a wanted fugitive, so when the captain railroads his brother's former criminal partner, the partner's sister devises a plan to get back at the captain where it will hurt the most.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-28
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Hello Actors Studio
Overview: After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the leadership of this exceptional organization. For the first time ever, filmmakers have been allowed to film their work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-09
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Night of 100 Stars III
Overview: A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-21
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Overview: In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and professional life that features intimate personal accounts, interviews and clips from his most acclaimed work on the silver screen.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-09
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The Screen Director
Overview: A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for production, meeting with the writer and producer, approving wardrobe and set design, rehearsing scenes with the actors and camera crew, shooting the scenes, watching dailies, working with the editor and composer, and attending the first preview. Then a number of real directors are shown in archive footage (as well as a predominance of staged 'archive' footage) working with actors and crew.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-12
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All About Mankiewicz
Overview: Joseph L. Mankiewicz discusses his career in a feature-length interview recorded at his New England home and the 1983 Berlin Film Festival.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-31
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Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
Overview: A documentary about and an interview with Hollywood actress Bette Davis about her life and career from the late 1920s to the 1980s on stage and mostly before the camera.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-02
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Overview: Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-03
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Overview: This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-28
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In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Overview: Tony Palmer's award-winning feature-length documentary profile of Richard Burton.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-20
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