Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Birth name	Joseph Leo Mankiewicz
Born	February 11, 1909(1909-02-11) Wilkes-Barre
Died	February 5, 1993 (aged 83) Bedford, New York
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Young (1934-1937) Rose Stradner (1939-1958) Rosemary Matthews (m.1962)
Awards Academy Awards Best Director 1949 A Letter to Three Wives 1950 All About Eve Best Adapted Screenplay 1949 A Letter to Three Wives 1950 All About Eve Golden Globe Awards Best Screenplay 1951 All About Eve Other Awards NYFCC Award for Best Director 1950 All About Eve Career Golden Lion 1987 Lifetime Achievement

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Biography

Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania to Franz Mankiewicz and Johanna Blumenau, Jewish immigrants from Germany,^[1] Mankiewicz moved with his family to New York City where he graduated in 1924 from Stuyvesant High School.^[2] In 1928, he obtained a bachelor's degree from Columbia University. For a time he worked in Berlin, Germany, as a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune newspaper before being lured into the motion picture business. Wilkes-Barre (IPA: , , or [1]) is the central city of the Wyoming Valley and county seat of Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Stuyvesant High School, commonly referred to as Stuy, is a New York City public high school that specializes in mathematics and science. ... A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years. ... Alma Mater Columbia University is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... // The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois and owned by the Tribune Company. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as...

During his long career in Hollywood, Mankiewicz wrote forty-eight screenplays, including All About Eve, for which he won an Academy Award. He also produced more than twenty films including The Philadelphia Story which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1941. However, he is best known for the films he directed, twice winning the Academy Award for Directing. In 1944, he produced The Keys of the Kingdom, which starred his wife, Rose Stradner, and Gregory Peck. For other uses, see All About Eve (disambiguation). ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 romantic screwball comedy starring Jimmy Stewart, Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ... The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to directors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ... The Keys of the Kingdom is a 1944 film which tells the story of a young priest who struggles to establish a mission in China. ... Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. ...

In 1958, Mankiewicz directed The Quiet American an adaptation of Graham Greene's 1955 novel about the seed of American military involvement in what would become the Vietnam War. Mankiewicz, under career pressure from the climate of anti-Communism and the Hollywood blacklist, distorted the message of Greene's book, changing major parts of the story to appeal to a national audience. A cautionary tale about America's blind support for "anti-Communists" was turned into, according to Greene, a "propaganda film for America." The Quiet American was the first film adaptation of Graham Greenes bestselling novel, released in 1958. ... This article is about the writer. ... The Quiet American (1955) is a novel (ISBN 0-09-947839-0) written by British author Graham Greene. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Ideologies Communist internationals Prominent communists Related subjects Anti-communism refers to opposition to communism. ... blacklisting is gay ... Eugène Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, symbolising French nationalism during the July Revolution 1830. ...

He was the younger brother of Herman J. Mankiewicz. His son is Tom Mankiewicz. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Tom Mankiewicz is an American screenwriter and director. ...

On his passing in 1993, Joseph Mankiewicz was interred in Saint Matthew's Episcopal Churchyard cemetery, Bedford, New York. Bedford is a hamlet (and census-designated place or CDP) located in the town of Bedford in Westchester County, New York. ... This article is about the state. ...

Filmography

Director

• Backfire (1946)
• Dragonwyck (1946)
• Somewhere in the Night (1946)
• The Late George Apley (1947)
• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
• Escape (1948)
• A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
• House of Strangers (1949)
• No Way Out (1950)
• All About Eve (1950)
• People Will Talk (1951)
• 5 Fingers (1952)
• Julius Caesar (1953)
• The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
• Guys and Dolls (1955)
• The Quiet American (1958)
• Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
• Cleopatra (1963)
• Carol for Another Christmas (1964) (TV)
• The Honey Pot (1967)
• King: a Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis (1970) (Documentary)
• There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
• Sleuth (1972)

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Screenplays

• Fast Company (1929) Co-writer
• Slightly Scarlet (1930) Co-writer
• Paramount on Parade (1930)
• The Social Lion (1931) Adaptation
• Only Saps Work (1931) Co-writer
• The Gang Buster (1931)
• Finn & Hattie (1931)
• June Moon (1931) Co-writer
• Skippy (1931) Co-writer
• Newly Rich (1931) Co-writer
• Sooky (1931) Co-writer
• This Reckless Age (1932) Co-writer
• Sky Bride (1932) Co-writer
• Million Dollar Legs (1932) Story
• If I Had A Million (1932) (segments "China Shop", "Three Marines", "Violet") Uncredited
• Diplomaniacs (1933) Co-writer
• Emergency Call (1933) Co-writer
• Too Much Harmony (1933) Story
• Alice In Wonderland (1933) Co-writer
• Manhattan Melodrama (1934) Co-writer
• Our Daily Bread (1934) Dialogue
• Forsaking All Others (1934)
• I Live My Life (1935)
• The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) Co-writer
• Dragonwyck (1946)
• Somewhere in the Night (1946) Co-writer
• A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
• House of Strangers (1949) Uncredited
• No Way Out (1950) Co-writer
• All About Eve (1950)
• People Will Talk (1951)
• 5 Fingers (1952) Uncredited
• Julius Caesar (1953) Uncredited
• The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
• Guys and Dolls (1955)
• The Quiet American (1958)
• Cleopatra (1963) Co-writer
• The Honey Pot (1967)

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Further reading

• Jack Brodsky and Nathan Weiss: The Cleopatra Papers. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1963.
• Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Gary Carey: More About 'All About Eve. New York, Random House, 1972.
• Kenneth L. Geist: Pictures Will Talk: The Life and Films of Joseph L. Mankiewicz. New York, Scribners, 1978. ISBN 0-68415-500-1
• Cheryl Bray Lower: Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Critical Essays and Guide to Resources. Jefferson, NC, McFarland & Co., 2001. ISBN 0-78640-987-8
• Bernard F. Dick: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. New York, Twayne Publishers, 1983. ISBN 0-80579-291-0

References

1. ^ The Religious Affiliation of Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (2005-06-01). Retrieved on 2007-11-01.
2. ^ Flint, Peter. "Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Literate Skeptic of the Cinema, Dies at 83", New York Times, 1993-02-06. Retrieved on 2007-11-01. 

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