Don't Know...JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ?

You really should know who JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ (1909-1993) is! Born Joseph Leo Mankiewicz was a writer of screenplays and contributor to dialogue, a director, producer and actor. Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed twelve different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: George Sanders, Anne Baxter, Bette Davis, Celeste Holm, Thelma Ritter, Marlon Brando, Edmond O'Brien, Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison, Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier. Both George Sanders and Edmond O'Brien won Oscars.



All of the films recommended here are listed in the order I originally saw them. A fine place to start is by viewing the film I saw first: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947). I was very happy when Twentieth Century Fox released this film in their Fox Studio Classics collection. I watch it again and again. Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed this fine film.


Watch this and then see these other four films.



Guys and Dolls (1955) He directed and wrote the screenplay.
People Will Talk (1951) He directed and wrote screenplay.
All About Eve (1950) He directed and wrote the screenplay.
A Letter to Three Wives (1949) He directed and co-wrote the adaptation.


*Contributed by: "Elizabeth Van Cleve Randolph" Date: Fri, Aug 18, 2006 / 06:38:42 PST

Academy Awards®
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1930-1931 Nominated for Best Achievement in Writing - Adaptation: SKIPPY
1940 Nominated for Best Picture of the Year: THE PHILADELPHIA STORY — Producer
1949 Best Achievement in Directing: A LETTER TO THREE WIVES
1949 Best Achievement in Writing - Screenplay: A LETTER TO THREE WIVES
1950 Best Achievement in Directing: ALL ABOUT EVE
1950 Nominated for Best Achievement in Writing - Story and Screenplay: NO WAY OUT
1950 Won Best Achievement in Writing - Screenplay: ALL ABOUT EVE
1952 Nominated for Best Achievement in Directing: FIVE FINGERS
1954 Nominated for Best Achievement in Writing - Story and Screenplay: THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA
1972 Nominated for Best Achievement in Directing: SLEUTH