Joseph L. Mankiewicz

...keep redefining it for a contemporary audience. " Indeed, creative minds as diverse as Walt Disney, the Jefferson Airplane, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Tom Petty, the Wachowski Brothers, Tom Waits and American McGee have adapted Carroll's tale or...

In this article: Lewis Carroll, Alice, The Looking Glass Wars, Jefferson Airplane, Mad Hatter, and UCLA

...MacMurray, George c. Scott, George Sanders, Humphrey Bogart, Instant Messaging, Jamie Foxx, Janus Films, John Ford, John Huston, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Marcel Carne, Paddy Chayefsky, Peter Finch, Peter Sellers, Preston Sturges,...

In this article: Oscar, Walter Huston, Burt Lancaster, and Peter Sellers

...10 minutes and then not flattering at all." Arguably the greatest depiction of stalkerdom ever shown in the movies comes in Joseph L Mankiewicz's All About Eve (1950). The stalker in this case is the deceptively demure would-be actress Eve...

In this article: Daniel Craig, All About Eve, Bette Davis, and Roger Michell

...and not before them, implying that his contribution was more important. The dispute went to a legal hearing. Mankiewicz won. His credit remained where it was on Superman: The Movie '', but he agreed to have it come just before the...

In this article: Richard Donner, Leonard Goldberg, Tom Mankiewicz, Superman: The Movie, Creative consultant, Herb Alpert, James Bond films, and Yale University

Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (11 February 1909 - 5 February 1993) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer . Mankiewicz was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania to Franz Mankiewicz (? -1941) and Johanna Blumenau, Jewish immigrants...

In this article: Academy Awards, All About Eve, Shakespeare, New York City, Tom Mankiewicz, Herman J. Mankiewicz, MGM, and Marlon Brando

...were charged with involuntary manslaughter. All plead not guilty and were acquitted of the charges. 5. 'Cleopatra' (Joseph Mankiewicz, 1963) The historical epic starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton nearly...

In this article: Werner Herzog, Lars von Trier, Klaus Kinski, David O. Russell, Francis Ford Coppola, Bjork, Cleopatra, Jean Rochefort, Brandon Lee, and John Landis

According to Burton, who fell for her on the set of Cleopatra, "Her breasts would topple empires before they withered. " Joseph L Mankiewicz's costume department clearly agreed, putting Taylor's Cleopatra in a preposterous collection of...

In this article: Elizabeth Taylor, William J Mann, Nicky Hilton, MGM, Hollywood, National Velvet, Richard Burton, and Montgomery Clift

...lead character, that propelled him onto the front pages. From their first embrace, it was clear to all, including director Joseph Mankiewicz, that Taylor and Burton were more than just friends. The hottest couple in Hollywood fell in...

In this article: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Jean Simmons, Hamlet, Marc Antony, Bluebeard, Julie Andrews, Port Talbot, and Hollywood

Herman J. Mankiewicz - Hollywood screenwriter (brother of Joseph) Don Mankiewicz - screenwriter (son of Herman) John Mankiewicz - screenwriter and producer (son of Don) Frank Mankiewicz - publicist, politician, president of National...

In this article: Herman J. Mankiewicz, Frank Mankiewicz, Don Mankiewicz, Ben Mankiewicz, Josh Mankiewicz, Hollywood, Air America Radio, and National Public Radio

...to Wilder's "The Apartment." (A nifty little period sitcom, but give me a break.) In the pleasant-surprise category, I'm going with Joseph L. Mankiewicz's "All About Eve," a witty, electrified American masterpiece that's been unjustly dissed...

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